News
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Guidance on working with young parents
The publication “Getting maternity services right for pregnant teenagers and young fathers” produced by the RC...
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Mums and Families in Mind
The “Mums and Families in Mind” project developed by The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) and the Maternal Menta...
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Mum gives birth to 12lb 4oz baby
A bouncing 12lb 4oz baby boy has been born in Warrington Hospital to proud parents, Keely and Michael. The couple ...
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Drinking alcohol in early pregnancy
Researchers from the University of Helsinki have been undertaking studies to try to learn more about the process b...
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Paracetamol use in pregnancy
Research conducted by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and published in the journal Science Translational...
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Who does your baby listen to?
Research published in “Developmental Science” has indicated that pre-babbling infants (4-6 month olds) appear ...
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Protecting newborns from Whooping cough
The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI) has recommended that the most effective way of protecting infants from Pertu...
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How effective is self-hypnosis during labour?
A three-year randomised controlled trial involving 680 first-time mothers from three hospitals in the North West h...
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Parents often feel guilty after a miscarriage
American research published in Obstetrics and Gynaecology this week indicates that many parents experience guilt f...
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RCM response to proposed strike laws
The new business secretary, Sajid Javid, has this week announced proposed new strike laws. A strike affecting heal...
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£3 million of project funding available
The Health Foundation has launched a new funding project, “Scaling up Improvement”, which has £3 million of f...
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New anaemia leaflet available
NHS Blood and Transplant have produced a new patient information leaflet entitled “What is anaemia?”. As wom...