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Extra support after fertility treatment?
Read More >Research conducted by the University of Bristol and published in the British Journal of General Practice ha...
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Stillbirth: costs beyond the lives
Read More >The journal “BMC Pregnancy and childbirth” has published an article exploring the economic costs of sti...
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Warning over gestational diabetes
Read More >The charity Diabetes UK is urging women to keep to a healthy weight while trying to conceive and not gain too much...
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How can midwives help asylum seekers?
Read More >RCM chief executive Cathy Warwick spoke last week at a conference run by Maternity Action called ‘Pregnan...
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Inspection into newborn care
Read More >The Care Quality Commision (CQC) has announced that there is to be a review of the care available to newbor...
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More babies protected by new vaccination programme
Read More >From the 1st of September 2015 the NHS now offers the MenB vaccination as part of its Childhood Immunisatio...
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Research backs screening for common infection
Read More >An Australian study published in the BJOG has indicated that Chlamydia screening for all pregnant women age...
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Time lapse: the incredible journey of an embryo
Read More >A time lapse video has been made of the incredible journey of an embryo- from conception to birth, to toddler. The...
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Should pregnant women get a whooping cough vaccine?
Read More >New data published today (03/09/15) shows that reported whooping cough cases are still at raised levels in England...
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MAMA Wellbeing Wallet pilot gets underway
Read More >We are on a mission to reduce baby loss and promote safer pregnancies with a simple antenatal initiative, for whic...
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Viral C-section photo
Read More >Professional photographer Helen Allen reports that she was surprised and delighted when an image she took of a n...
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Can new midwifery regulation change practice?
Read More >As it stands in midwifery regulation senior midwives have to balance two, sometimes conflicting, roles when...