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NICE guidelines for diabetes updated
Read More >The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have released updated guidelines on diabetes in p...
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MAMA blogs for Healthy Newborn Network
Read More >MAMA Academy are proud to announce a partnership with Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) in a bid to help address gaps ...
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High levels of Scarlet Fever reported
Read More >Latest Public Health England report shows a second year of high number of Scarlet Fever notifications across Engla...
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Telephone support for postnatal depression
Read More >A new study has found that routine telephone support could help to reduce symptoms of postnatal depression. It is ...
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MIDIRS launches #ItsAllAbout video campaign
Read More >This year’s International Day of the Midwife is being marked with a video campaign by MIDIRS in a bid to highlig...
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MAMA Academy is proud to support 1001 Critical Days
Read More >MAMA Academy is proud to be supporting 1001 Critical Days, the cross party manifesto highlighting the importance o...
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RCOG recommend no scans before 10 weeks
Read More >The RCOG have released a Scientific Impact Paper regarding the use of scans before 10 weeks (the embryonic period)...
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Healthcare journals identify threats to maternity and child health services
Read More >A joint paper published by British Journal of Midwifery, the Journal of Health Visiting and the British Journal of...
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Investment in perinatal mental health promised
Read More >In this week’s budget George Osborne has announced that over the next 5 years an additional £75m will be alloca...
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Breastfeeding research finds link with intelligence
Read More >Brazilian research, which was this week published in the Lancet, appears to demonstrate a link between duration of...
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Birth rates at an all time low
Read More >For the first time in seven years, the birth rate in the UK has dropped, particularly among young mothers. With a ...
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2013 Child & Infant Mortality Statistics Released
Read More >New child and infant mortality statistics have just been published which shows that stillbirth in the UK is contin...