

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Physiological Breech Birth Half Day - Royal London, Whitechapel
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Half day study day for specialist trainees in the North East London Deanery.About this EventLOCATION:This study day will take place in the Royal London Education Academy, which is in the basement of the Alex Wing of the Dental Hospital.DESCRIPTIONThis half day study day for NE London O &amp; G Regional Trainees will provide an engaging and interactive update on professional skills to facilitate physiological breech births, planned or unexpected, and how to teach these skills to others. The focus is on collaborative, multi-professional working to improve the safety of vaginal breech birth using the skills of all maternity care professionals.The full day study day will include:* Hands-on simulation of complicated breech births and resolutions, using narratives and videos of real breech complications, to enable you to practice problem-solving in real time* Case reviews of recent vaginal breech births, including decision-making in labour and reflection on future research priorities* One year's access to OptiBreech Online Academy.Please ensure you create an account in the OptiBreech Online Academy and access the free OptiBreech Evidence Base 2025 online course prior to attending the training.Facilitator:Shawn Walker, RM, PhD is a Consultant Midwife for Public Health at The Royal London Hospital. She has researched how to improve competence, confidence and safety in vaginal breech birth for over 15 years. As a previous NIHR Advanced Fellow and Chief Investigator of the OptiBreech Trial, Dr Walker led the only UK-based multi-centre breech study, a feasibility study of a new care pathway for women pregnant with a breech-presenting baby at term (https://optibreech.uk). She has lead the vaginal breech birth and external cephalic version training segment of the RCOG Management of Labour Ward course for the past four years.ReferencesWalker S, Das S, Stringer K et al. How safe is it to plan a vaginal breech birth with OptiBreech collaborative care?: analysis of cumulative data within the OptiBreech Multiple Trials Cohort . NIHR Open Res 2023, 3:61 (https://openresearch.nihr.ac.uk//articles/3-61/v2)Walker S, Spillane E, Stringer K, et al. OptiBreech collaborative care versus standard care for women with a breech-presenting fetus at term: A pilot parallel group randomised trial to evaluate the feasibility of a randomised trial nested within a cohort. PLoS One. 2023;18(11):e0294139. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0294139Shetty SS, Walker S, Fox-Rushby J, Managing uncomplicated singleton breech pregnancy using ‘OptiBreech collaborative care’ pathway: early economic model and value of information analysis, Value in Health (2025).Davies SM, Hodder A, Walker S, Bale N, Vincent H, Dasgupta T, et al. The OptiBreech Trial Feasibility Study: A Qualitative Inventory of the Roles and Responsibilities of Breech Specialist Midwives. Journal of Midwifery &amp; Women’s Health. 2025 (online early view).Vincent H, Walker S, Hodder A, et al. Barriers and facilitators for implementation of OptiBreech collaborative care: A qualitative study as part of an implementation process evaluation. Women and Birth. 2024;37(5):101656. doi:10.1016/J.WOMBI.2024.101656Walker S, Spillane E, Stringer K, Meadowcroft A, Dasgupta T, Davies SM, Sandall J, Shennan A, Batish A, Davidson L, Das S, Magurova L, Haroun G, Meates C, Houghton G, Le Grys H, 2023. The feasibility of team care for women seeking to plan a vaginal breech birth (OptiBreech 1): an observational implementation feasibility study in preparation for a pilot trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 9, 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01299-xDasgupta T, Hunter, S, Reid, S, et al. Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation. Birth. 2022; 00: 1- 10. doi: 10.1111/birt.12685 – The full study exploring the acceptability of proficient breech team care for women. Be sure to read the supplementary file containing quotes from women who participated in the research.Walker S, Dasgupta T, Halliday A, &amp; Reitter A (2021). Development of a core outcome set for effectiveness studies of breech birth at term (Breech-COS): a systematic review on variations in outcome reporting. European Journal of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.https://twitter.com/sheena_byrom/status/1659198509642563585?s=20Additional publications:Walker S, Daelemans C, Gerhard-Nielsen K, Das S, Page L. Variations of cervical head entrapment in vaginal breech births: New insights on how to prevent, manage and resolve. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2024;299:78-82. doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.05.039Bresson J, Christie K, Walker S, 2023. Not too fast, not too slow: A review of historical trends in vaginal breech time management. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 287, 216–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.06.015Roy R*, Gray C*, Prempeh-Bonsu CA and Walker S, 2023. What are women’s experiences of seeking to plan a vaginal breech birth? A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Res 2023, 3:4 (https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13329.1) * Joint first authorshttps://twitter.com/AliOtter/status/1617256954291707913?s=20&amp;t=o-0vJqVK7ZWZjJ0UOa98PgWalker, S., Roberts, P., Boulding Harriet, 2022. Breech Clinics and Specialist Midwives Toolkit [WWW Document]. OptiBreech Project Blog. URL https://optibreech.uk/2022/09/18/breech-clinics-and-specialist-midwives-toolkit/(accessed 12.24.22).Spillane E, Walker S and McCourt C. Optimal time intervals for vaginal breech births: a case-control study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]. NIHR Open Res 2022, 2:45 (https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13297.2)- Research by our lead investigator at Kingston Hospital.Das S. (2023) Resurrecting a lost obstetric skill to reduce global maternal death. BMJ Global Health Blog. — Miss Das is our lead investigator at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital.Timmons P, Wallis V, Walker S and Alleemudder D, 2022. Management of term breech presentation. Obstet Gynecol. 25(1):8-18. – An update article for professionals.Agenda:13:00_____ Management of labour14:00_____ Assisting the aftercoming head through the pelvis15:00_____ Releasing trapped arms16.00_____ Leg variations16.30_____ Video case reviews and practice17.00_____ FINISH
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- **city**: London
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- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Royal London Dental Hospital
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- **full address**: The Royal London Dental Hospital, Turner Street, London, United Kingdom

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