News
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Investment in perinatal mental health promised
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
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
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
New child and infant mortality statistics have just been published which shows that stillbirth in the UK is contin...
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MAMA Academy joins The Healthy Newborn Network
In many communities around the world, children are not named until they survive thier first month of life – the ...
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NHS Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle
A major programme of work is being carried out by NHS England, with the involvement of the Strategic Clinical Netw...
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New NICE guidelines for Staffing Levels
NICE have released new guidelines on safe staffing levels for midwives. They recommend that women in established...
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Government publishes report into failings at Morecombe Bay NHS Trust
The government have published their report into failings at Morecombe Bay NHS Trust maternity services between 200...
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NPEU Release Maternity Satisfaction Report
An annual report into maternal satisfaction with maternity care has been released by the National Perinatal Epidem...
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RCOG publish paper on Cord Clamping
A new Scientific Impact Paper published by RCOG supports delayed cord clamping (immediate cord clamping is defined...
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RCOG Audit for Group B Strep
The RCOG in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and supported by the Royal College...
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Each Baby Counts
Each Baby Counts is the RCOG’s national quality improvement programme to reduce the number of babies who die or ...