News
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2016 Stillbirth Statistics Announced
Data from the Office for National Statistics reports that the stillbirth rate decreased to 4.4 per 1,000 total b...
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Wellbeing Wallets arrive in Birmingham
The Lily Mae Foundation has generously donated 10,000 MAMA Wellbeing Wallets to maternity units across the Heart o...
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Sad news from Charlotte Church
We were so sad to hear the news from Charlotte Church that she is grieving the loss of her unborn baby, alongside ...
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RCOG launch new Each Baby Counts Report
Today marks the launch of the new Each Baby Counts report, by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologis...
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Crisis in midwifery education looms
Large numbers of midwifery lecturers are on the verge of leaving their jobs, according to a new RCM survey. 37% of...
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Always Ask
A new campaign, called ‘Always Ask’, has been launched with the aim of empowering women to overcome the fear o...
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New baby death review tool
The Government has commissioned a tool to improve in-hospital reviews of care following the death of a baby, in co...
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Miracle twins
Twins, who shared just one placenta and one amniotic sac, are the first of their kind to be born in Sunderland in ...
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More accurate urine screening
The Magic That Is Urine – It’s Pure Liquid Gold! Mention the word ‘urine’ and you’ll get a mixed respons...
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Stolen baby items returned
Items that were stolen from a couple whose baby son had died have been returned and left outside a local police st...
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NICE guidelines on Intrapartum care updated
The NICE guidelines for intrapartum care of healthy women and babies have recently been updated. The guidelines sp...
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New Pre-eclampsia tool hoped to save lives
A new triage tool to predict whether those diagnosed with early-onset pre-eclampsia are safe to prolong pregnancy ...