What's new in midwifery - 24th October 2018

Some recent things you might want to know about.

Folic acid
Department of Health and Social Care
Government to consult over plans for mandatory fortification of food with folic acid, to prevent foetal abnormalities

Reports
All Party Parliamentary Group for Children who need Palliative Care
End of life care: strengthening choice
About all ages of young people, including babies.

Children’s Commissioner
A crying shame: a report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner into vulnerable babies in England

Statistics
Sex ratios at birth in Great Britain 2012-2016
 

News
Concerns about the promotion of a cardboard baby box as a place for infants to sleep (letter to the BMJ), also discussed in a BMJ news item. 

Child of Mine review – three stories that reveal the tragedy of stillbirth

Research
Out of hospital maternal cardiac arrests
Systematic review about cardiac arrest in pregnant women, published in Resuscitation, discussed in McMaster University’s Evidence Alerts.

Acknowledgements: King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin. 

What's new in midwifery - 17th October 2018

Some recent things you might need to know about.

News – a lot of things this week

Beyoncé and Chrissy Teigen are cool but they are still ads for the ultimate mum life

Folic acid to be added to UK flour in effort to reduce birth defects

Infant mortality in England and Wales could soar without action, study warns
Report about Child Health 2030, a RCPCH report.

Use of caesarean sections growing at 'alarming' rate

Report of Lancet article.

Why I share my breast milk with other mothers

NICE Consultations

Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm:draft guidance consultation.  Closing date for comments: 23 November 2018.  

Research

Better pain relief for women in labour.    Appraisal of Intravenous remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia versus intramuscular pethidine for pain relief in labour (RESPITE): an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial, published in the Lancet in August. 

Acknowledgements:  Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin

What's new in midwifery - 10th October 2018

Some recent things you might need to know about. 

Research
Worldviews in Evidence Based Nursing
Fear of Childbirth, Postpartum Depression, and Birth‐Related Variables as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Childbirth

Health Information and Libraries Journal
Mothers’ perception of maternal and child health information disseminated via different modes of ICT in Nigeria



Statistics

Maternity Services Monthly Statistics June 2018  

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) April 2018 to June 2018


News
Stillbirths and newborn deaths reviewed by south Wales health board

Acknowledgement: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin

What's new in midwifery - 3rd October 2018

Some recent things you might need to know about.

NICE consultations

Laparoscopic cerclage for cervical incompetence to prevent late miscarriage or preterm birth - submit your comments by 5:00pm on 18 October 2018

Intrapartum care for women with existing medical conditions or obstetric complications and their babies - submit your comments by 5:00pm on 23 October 2018

 

News

Sixty seconds on . . . tokophobia (BMJ)

·       Huge numbers of stillborn babies 'may have been missed' (Guardian)

Research

Intramuscular versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery: randomised controlled trial (BMJ)

Women want a personalised birth experience, but safety is paramount (NIHR Signal)

Discussion of a paper published in PLoS One.

Statistics

Maternity services monthly statistics: June 2018, experimental statistics

Sexual and reproductive health services, England: 2017/18 

RCOG guidelines

Placenta Praevia and Placenta Accreta: Diagnosis and Management (Green-top Guideline No. 27a)

Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management (Green-top Guideline 27b)

Audit

National Neonatal Audit Programme: annual report.  (Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership).   

This report uses 2017 data to show key achievements made in neonatal care for preterm babies in England, Scotland and Wales. The report contains key findings and selected recommendations for quality improvement of neonatal care going forward.

Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, NICE Newsletter, King’s Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert; BMJ alerts