Abi Merriel

Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Liverpool , Passionate about improving maternity care and supporting healthcare workers. All tweets own views

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Are you having conversations about birth choices? Our newly released Vaginal Birth Core Information Set can support these discussions. https://t.co/nKsplsngxt @Options_Study @STORK_Research

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Delighted that our caesarean birth core information set paper is in the BJOG’s health equity issue today https://t.co/2EeYiytzwz

[Birth Options @Options_Study]

Are you pregnant, planning a pregnancy or recently had a baby? We need your help to complete a two-stage online survey on information about instrumental birth You can enter a £25 prize draw.
https://t.co/mRvU2NVjis

[Birth Options @Options_Study]

Is your partner pregnant, planning a pregnancy or recently had a baby? We need your help to complete a two stage online survey on information about instrumental birth. You can enter a £25 prize draw. https://t.co/mRvU2NVjis

[Alexander Heazell @MCR_SB_Research]

Calling health professionals @BMFMSNews @BAPM_Official @RCObsGyn . We need obstetricians and midwives to participate in a face to face workshop in Manchester on 3rd November to determine the 10 top priorities for UK stillbirth research. https://t.co/XGE8nLqBPS DM if interested.

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Roll up roll up get the early bird price! Looking forwards to BMFMS2026! @BMFMSNews

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Sharing our findings so far about risk communication, prediction models and talking about core information sets to support decision making https://t.co/2EeYiyu7m7 @Options_Study @kingdon_carol @LiverpoolWomens

[APT-Sepsis @apt_sepsis]

We need your help to proritise the🌐maternal sepsis research agenda. Please complete the survey & have your views heard. This work is supported by the WHO and University of Liverpool. The survey is available in English, French and Spanish. Survey Link - https://t.co/S9aDW106lo

[Keerthana Anand @KeerthanaAnand1]

Are you a healthcare provider in the UK who either diagnoses, manages or follows up women who have had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy or gestational diabetes? Please complete this survey.
https://t.co/7RAJeFi2Yv

@Options_Study @abimerriel

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

What a summer! Great work by our medical student colleague Vicky illuminating how we should communicate risk....100 icon arrays seems to be both understood and preferred. So much more to learn but we're off to a great start! Thanks @Options_Study

https://t.co/gfi2EfgTMX

[SanyuResearch @ResearchSanyu]

Why is UK maternity care in crisis with a caesarean section rate of over 40%? We show how multiple, well intentioned changes have come to together to create the perfect storm...
https://t.co/z1f3qwH4dm
@RCObsGyn @NHSEngland @wesstreeting @livuninews @BICSoc @LiverpoolWomens

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Delighted to share our 'core information sets' for caesarean birth jointly developed by parents & professionals to enable informed decision making. Info for planned, emergency and debriefs @Options_Study https://t.co/jQM8z7Wg9V

[STORK @STORK_Group]

Are you a nurse, midwife, hospital doctor, GP or community pharmacist? Do you have a role in maternal vaccinations during pregnancy? Do you care for newborns at risk of respiratory infections who are too young to be vaccinated? Please complete the survey: https://t.co/A5tYJOF7H6

[APT-Sepsis @apt_sepsis]

Sepsis detection and treatment can be strengthened through innovation—but only when grounded in local realities.
#AptSepsis is co-creating with communities and health systems for meaningful, lasting change.
#SepsisInnovation #TogetherWeCan

[STORK @STORK_Group]

Before and after birth women say they need similar antenatal information about interventions during birth including induction of labour and instrumental birth.
https://t.co/yxNZODqLl0

[BMFMS @BMFMSNews]

Final reminder to register for next week's RCOG-BMFMS Management of the Labour Ward event - London & online

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Such interesting work presented today by Keerthana about the relationship between FGR and cardiovascular risk! @STORK_Group @LiverpoolCCS

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

Amazing job Vicky and Liv presenting our findings to #BMFMS2025 about the relationship between GDM and stillbirth @STORK_Group

[Abi Merriel @abimerriel]

#BMFMS2025 is off to a great start.

[Birth Options @Options_Study]

Are you pregnant, planning a pregnancy, recently had a baby or a partner? We need your help to tell us what you think of communication of risks, especially uncommon ones, within maternity care. You can enter a prize draw for 1 of four £25 vouchers. For more info: https://t.co/WAmctRnIop