On moving to Sheffield, we discovered the Sheffield carol tradition. In Victorian times, it is said, the church decided that certain carols were no longer to be sung. People wanted to sing them, so they started singing them in pubs instead. This continues to this day.
A few of the carols in the tradition do still get sung in churches, to the same tune. Others get sung in church, but to a different tune.
Some are sung in church but are not carols ("All hail the power of Jesu's name", for one, known in the tradition as "Diadem").
And a lot are not sung in church at all. Many of those have tunes composed locally and therefore named after local places - Stannington and Malin Bridge, for two.
Here is a carol from the second of those categories - While Shepherds Watched, sung to the tune Pentonville.
The video was made by University of Sheffield Concerts, and gives you some information about the tradition. Happy Christmas!
Things that caught my attention
Information about health, health information, pedagogy, librarianship, decolonisation, COVID. And maybe other things.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 18th December 2019
Some recent things you might want to know about...
Read more, and link to the report, on the HQIP site.
Clinical commissioning policy: Maternal intravenous immunoglobulin for the prevention of allo-immune fetal and neonatal haemochromatosis
Read more, and link to the report, on the HQIP site.
This is the last post of 2019. Back in 2020, after Christmas and Hanukkah. Season's greetings.
Acknowledgements: Caroline de Brun, PHE KLS; King's Fund Library Health Policy and Management Alert; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity (MBRRACE-UK)
Saving lives, improving mothers’ care: lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2015-17Read more, and link to the report, on the HQIP site.
Fetal and neonatal haemochromatosis
NHS EnglandClinical commissioning policy: Maternal intravenous immunoglobulin for the prevention of allo-immune fetal and neonatal haemochromatosis
Global health
USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program is endingHypertension in pregnancy
Clinical Knowledge Summaries - summary updated.National Neonatal Audit Programme (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health)
2019 annual report on 2018 dataRead more, and link to the report, on the HQIP site.
Perinatal mental health
NHS England / NHS Improvement: Implementing routine outcome monitoring in specialist perinatal mental health services.Weight management interventions before, during and after pregnancy
Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services Evidence Briefing: Are healthy weight management interventions effective before, during and after pregnancy?This is the last post of 2019. Back in 2020, after Christmas and Hanukkah. Season's greetings.
Acknowledgements: Caroline de Brun, PHE KLS; King's Fund Library Health Policy and Management Alert; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 11th December 2019
Quite a lot of recent things, this week, that you might find useful to know about...
Elective and nonelective cesarean section and obesity among young adult male offspring: A Swedish population–based cohort study (PLOS Medicine)
Discussed in the Guardian, No link between caesarean delivery and obesity, research finds
For 2018 - annual live births by sex, ethnicity, month, maternities by place of birth, multiple births, stillbirths, age of parents
Births by parents' characteristics, England and Wales, 2018 (government)
Annual live births age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
Discussion relating to one of these at least in the Guardian, Record number of over-45s giving birth in England,
Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management
This guideline will be updated: read this page to find out why.
Melodies for Mums, an iniative that is part of a study being funded by the Wellcome.
Maternity care failings in Shropshire (BMJ)
Screening for cytomegalovirus in pregnancy
Research and practice
Intrusive thoughts in perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (BMJ)Elective and nonelective cesarean section and obesity among young adult male offspring: A Swedish population–based cohort study (PLOS Medicine)
Discussed in the Guardian, No link between caesarean delivery and obesity, research finds
Global health
Harare's heroine: how Esther Zinyoro made her home a maternity wardStatistics
Birth characteristics in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics)For 2018 - annual live births by sex, ethnicity, month, maternities by place of birth, multiple births, stillbirths, age of parents
Births by parents' characteristics, England and Wales, 2018 (government)
Annual live births age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
Discussion relating to one of these at least in the Guardian, Record number of over-45s giving birth in England,
NICE
Surveillance report NICE guideline (NG126)Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management
This guideline will be updated: read this page to find out why.
In the news
Singing the blues: how music can help ease postnatal depressionMelodies for Mums, an iniative that is part of a study being funded by the Wellcome.
Maternity care failings in Shropshire (BMJ)
Opinion
BMJ editorialScreening for cytomegalovirus in pregnancy
Friday, December 06, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 6th December 2019
Yesterday's post was the news and media from the last week and a bit.
Here is the research, statistics and reports.
Review of a study in the Lancet
Induction recommended for women still pregnant at 41 weeks (Guardian)
Report of research from the SWEPIS study, published in the BMJ, .
Female genital mutilation, July - December 2019 (NHS Digital)
Maternity Services monthly statistics, August 2019 (NHS Digital)
Statistics on women's smoking status at time of delivery, England, quarter 2, 2019-20 (NHS Digital)
Childbearing for women born in different years, England and Wales: 2018 (National Statistics)
"The changing composition of families over time, comparing the fertility of women of the same age and the number of children they have had."
Acknowledgements: NIHR, Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Here is the research, statistics and reports.
Research
Planned earlier delivery for late pre-eclampsia may be better for mothers (NIHR Signals)Review of a study in the Lancet
Induction recommended for women still pregnant at 41 weeks (Guardian)
Report of research from the SWEPIS study, published in the BMJ, .
Health service programmes
ICON (Babies cry, you can cope) - programme launched in North Yorkshire to help parents manage normal infant crying and prevent abusive head injuries caused by shakingReports
Better for women report (RCOG): improving the health and wellbeing of women and girlsStatistics
Quarterly conceptions to women under 18, England and Wales, July - September 2018 (National Statistics)Female genital mutilation, July - December 2019 (NHS Digital)
Maternity Services monthly statistics, August 2019 (NHS Digital)
Statistics on women's smoking status at time of delivery, England, quarter 2, 2019-20 (NHS Digital)
Childbearing for women born in different years, England and Wales: 2018 (National Statistics)
"The changing composition of families over time, comparing the fertility of women of the same age and the number of children they have had."
NICE
MedTech briefing - AmnioSense for unexplained vaginal wetness in pregnancy (MIB198)Acknowledgements: NIHR, Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Thursday, December 05, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 5th December 2019
Like many in higher education, I have been on strike about my pension, pay and equality. Hence the lack of posts. Here are some things that have been waiting my return.
NHS trust embroiled in maternity scandal faces raft of new claims
Revealed: concerns over string of incidents at UK prison where baby died
Media review
The Baby Has Landed review – where’s the blood, sweat and vomit?!Opinion
Why is it so hard to allow mothers the kind of labour they want?Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Latest NHS maternity scandal is product of toxic 'can't happen here' mentalityNHS trust embroiled in maternity scandal faces raft of new claims
Pregnancy and birth in prison
Pregnant in prison: 'I could feel the blood but didn’t put the light on to see'Revealed: concerns over string of incidents at UK prison where baby died
Thursday, November 21, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 21st November 2019
Some recent things (a day late)...
A Christian organisation working in Uganda, which "empowers vulnerable men and women in the child bearing age group with reproductive health knowledge and skills to break the poverty cycle".
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Leadership
Brave, Compassionate, Confident, Kind: Succeeding as a Woman in Health and Care (NHS Employers)Global Health
Wise Choices for LifeA Christian organisation working in Uganda, which "empowers vulnerable men and women in the child bearing age group with reproductive health knowledge and skills to break the poverty cycle".
In the news
Leaked report exposes maternity scandal at Shropshire NHS trustAcknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 13th November 2019
Some recent things...
Reproductive health: 2019 update (Official Statistics)
Update of profile indicators, which include birth outcomes
NHS Maternity Statistics 2018-19 (NHS Digital)
Statistics on maternity activity in English hospitals, including method of onset of delivery, delivery method, place of delivery, baby's first feed type, maternal alcohol intake, and folic acid intake.
Summary from the Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin:
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert
Statistics
Breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks after birth (Public Health England)Reproductive health: 2019 update (Official Statistics)
Update of profile indicators, which include birth outcomes
NHS Maternity Statistics 2018-19 (NHS Digital)
Statistics on maternity activity in English hospitals, including method of onset of delivery, delivery method, place of delivery, baby's first feed type, maternal alcohol intake, and folic acid intake.
Summary from the Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin:
- Use of analgesics or anaesthetics before or during delivery has dropped;
- The number of all deliveries is at its lowest level in a decade;
- Deliveries for women under 20 have more than halved in a decade;
- But deliveries for women in their thirties have increased by seven per cent
Case studies
Humber, Coast and Vale Local Maternity System, covering several CCGs in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, providing maternity services. Website details services and has information for expectant mothers.Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert
Wednesday, November 06, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 6th November 2019
Some recent things....
The programme aims to improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care, and contribute to the national ambition, set out in Better Births of reducing the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths, and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 50% by 2025
Maternity statistics - monthly statistics, July 2019 (NHS Digital)
Maternity statistics, England, 2018-19 (NHS Digital)
We are there as a woman is induced to deliver her stillborn baby. The toll on doctors is heavy (Guardian)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
NHS Improvement
Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement ProgrammeThe programme aims to improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care, and contribute to the national ambition, set out in Better Births of reducing the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths, and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 50% by 2025
Statistics
Compendium: infant mortality (NHS Digital)Maternity statistics - monthly statistics, July 2019 (NHS Digital)
Maternity statistics, England, 2018-19 (NHS Digital)
News
Revealed: 47 pregnant women in prisons in England and Wales (Guardian)We are there as a woman is induced to deliver her stillborn baby. The toll on doctors is heavy (Guardian)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Thursday, October 31, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 31st October 2019
Some recent things, a day late.
This comes to an end this year and there is a webinar to look at its achievements.
Book a ticket.
Grateful acknowledgement to the Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Statistics
Newborn hearing screening: standards data report for April 2017 - March 2018Global health
USAID Maternal and Child Survival ProgramThis comes to an end this year and there is a webinar to look at its achievements.
Book a ticket.
Research news
Post-term pregnancy research cancelled after six babies die (Guardian)Grateful acknowledgement to the Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 23rd October 2019
Some recent things you might want to be aware of.
Short accounts, in the Guardian.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, the London Evening Standard
Baby Loss Awareness Week
This was 9-15 October, but the Babyloss Awareness Week website is still present and has stories and more information. The awareness week involves several organisations working in the areas of pregnancy and baby loss.NICE consultations
Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm: quality standard consultationNews
'My teeth moved so much I needed braces' – readers on how childbirth changed themShort accounts, in the Guardian.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, the London Evening Standard
Thursday, October 17, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 17th October 2019
Some recent things, a day late.
Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2019
5th MBRRACE-UK report
Perinatal Mortality Review Tool- First annual report
Alcohol industry 'puts pregnant women at risk', researchers say
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
Audit
National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit 2018Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2019
5th MBRRACE-UK report
Perinatal Mortality Review Tool- First annual report
Statistics
Sex ratios at birth: Great Britain: 2013 to 2017NICE consultations
Episcissors-60 for guided mediolateral episiotomyRoyal College of Physicians and Society for Acute Medicine
Ensuring pregnant women get the right hospital treatment for urgent medical problems: acute care toolkitNews
Baby Friendly Initiative - University of Leicester Midwifery courses receive Certificate of Commitment for its Infant Feeding CafesAlcohol industry 'puts pregnant women at risk', researchers say
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 9th October 2019
Some recent things...
Journal of Advanced Nursing, a study from Finland
Multicultural coping experiences of parents following perinatal loss: A meta‐ethnographic synthesis
Journal of Advanced Nursing, a study from Spain
A report on the impact of NICE guidance on maternity and neonatal care.
NICE are consulting on prenatal repair for open neural tube defects in the fetus - fetoscopic repair and open repair .
An economic evaluation of specialist counselling after baby loss
Vaginal fluid transplants could cure bacterial vaginosis [a condition that can have complications for pregnant women]
Baby dies in UK prison after inmate 'gives birth alone in cell'
and on the same story
Multiple inquiries ordered into death of baby in UK prison
Experience: my wife lost her memory while giving birth [as a result of eclampsia]
Acknowledgements: King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert, Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Research
Being ‘A Google Mom’ or Securely Monitored at Home: Perceptions of Remote Monitoring in Maternity CareJournal of Advanced Nursing, a study from Finland
Multicultural coping experiences of parents following perinatal loss: A meta‐ethnographic synthesis
Journal of Advanced Nursing, a study from Spain
NICE
NICEimpact: maternity and neonatal careA report on the impact of NICE guidance on maternity and neonatal care.
NICE are consulting on prenatal repair for open neural tube defects in the fetus - fetoscopic repair and open repair .
Mental health
Centre for Mental HealthAn economic evaluation of specialist counselling after baby loss
In the news
Kaz Cooke (author of Up the Duff): women were in the dark about their pregnancies. Now there’s too much adviceVaginal fluid transplants could cure bacterial vaginosis [a condition that can have complications for pregnant women]
Baby dies in UK prison after inmate 'gives birth alone in cell'
and on the same story
Multiple inquiries ordered into death of baby in UK prison
Experience: my wife lost her memory while giving birth [as a result of eclampsia]
Acknowledgements: King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert, Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Wednesday, October 02, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 2nd October 2019
Some recent things...
University of Leicester members are welcome to contact me for advice on accessing full text of the research cited below. Other readers should contact their librarian!
Summary of research reported in Midwifery.
Treatment for liver disorder in pregnancy ineffective, finds study
News item about the PITCHES trial of ursodeoxycholic acid for intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. The trial was published in the Lancet.
Planned delivery reduces impact of potentially fatal pregnancy complication, trial finds
Report of the PHOENIX trial of management for preterm pre-eclampsia. The trial was published in the Lancet.
Study being presented at the European Respiratory Society annual meeting.
Historic find suggests bottle-feeding not a modern phenomenon
Transgender man loses court battle to be registered as father
How a pioneering study of child health has influenced a generation of parents (about the Children of the 90s study)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
University of Leicester members are welcome to contact me for advice on accessing full text of the research cited below. Other readers should contact their librarian!
Research
Enhanced communication and staff training could improve the experience of maternity services for asylum-seeking women (NIHR Signals)Summary of research reported in Midwifery.
Treatment for liver disorder in pregnancy ineffective, finds study
News item about the PITCHES trial of ursodeoxycholic acid for intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. The trial was published in the Lancet.
Planned delivery reduces impact of potentially fatal pregnancy complication, trial finds
Report of the PHOENIX trial of management for preterm pre-eclampsia. The trial was published in the Lancet.
In the news
Babies exposed to air pollution have greater risk of death - studyStudy being presented at the European Respiratory Society annual meeting.
Historic find suggests bottle-feeding not a modern phenomenon
Transgender man loses court battle to be registered as father
How a pioneering study of child health has influenced a generation of parents (about the Children of the 90s study)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 25th September 2019
Just a few recent things this time...
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System - feedback wanted on information website for pregnant women (and other groups)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
NHS news
Wakefield - survey finds parents want choice over place of birthSouth Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System - feedback wanted on information website for pregnant women (and other groups)
News
Caesarean babies have different gut bacteria, microbiome study findsAcknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 18th September 2019
Some recent things...
Mental health experiences before, during and after pregnancy
Guardian
NHS England
Air pollution particles found on foetal side of placentas - study
Research is here (if you are University of Leicester and cannot get access, contact the Library).
UK maternity services: audit finds wide variation in birth complications (BMJ)
Discusses findings of National Maternity and Perinatal Audit: Clinical Report 2019
Postnatal checks for new mothers need to be properly funded, charity tells government (BMJ)
About the terminology used in health care consultations, among other things.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
NICE guidance
BMJ discussion of updated NICE guidance about hypertension in pregnancyAudit
National Maternity and Perinatal Audit: Clinical Report 2019Statistics
Women's smoking status at time of delivery, quarter 1, 2019-20 (NHS Digital)Mental health
Mental health and the journey to parenthood (Healthwatch)Mental health experiences before, during and after pregnancy
News
New specialist FGM support clinicsGuardian
NHS England
Air pollution particles found on foetal side of placentas - study
Research is here (if you are University of Leicester and cannot get access, contact the Library).
UK maternity services: audit finds wide variation in birth complications (BMJ)
Discusses findings of National Maternity and Perinatal Audit: Clinical Report 2019
Postnatal checks for new mothers need to be properly funded, charity tells government (BMJ)
Opinion
Repeat after me: Vagina is not a dirty word (Guardian)About the terminology used in health care consultations, among other things.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 11th September 2019
Some recent things...
Multiple pregnancy: twin and triplet pregnancy (Quality standard, QS46)
Caesarean section (Clinical guideline, CG132)
Safeguarding
NHS safeguarding accountability and assurance framework - revised 3rd September
End NHS maternity charges for vulnerable migrants, say midwives
GPs are ignoring new mothers' mental health, says parenting charity
Neonatal parenteral nutrition
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
NICE Guidance
Twin and triplet pregnancy (NICE guideline, NG137)Multiple pregnancy: twin and triplet pregnancy (Quality standard, QS46)
Caesarean section (Clinical guideline, CG132)
Safeguarding
NHS safeguarding accountability and assurance framework - revised 3rd September
Sepsis
Clinical Knowledge Summaries - evidence based, information on how to recognise and manage it - new.
Statistics
Unexplained deaths in infancy, 2017 (National Statistics)In the news
Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’End NHS maternity charges for vulnerable migrants, say midwives
GPs are ignoring new mothers' mental health, says parenting charity
NICE consultations
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorderNeonatal parenteral nutrition
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, September 04, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 4th September 2019
Some things you might like to know about.
April 2019
May 2019
Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 years (England)
April to June 2018
Includes opportunities in screening for fetal anomalies, sickle cell and thalassemia, infectiosu diseases in pregnancy, and newborn blood spot screening and newborn hearing screening.
The man who gave birth (Guardian podcast)
Freddy McConnell is a trans man who decided to begin the process of conceiving and delivering his own child. The film Seahorse is about this, and the podcast is an interview with Freddy.
There is also a video, If all men got pregnant, it'd be taken more seriously: behind the scenes of Seahorse.
Doctors can perform C-section if woman loses mental capacity, judge rules
Not the Booker: Please Read This Leaflet Carefully by Karen Havelin review – an angry story of pain
Review of a book about the author's experience of endometriosis.
Woman who gave birth alone in Denver jail cell sues city authorities
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Statistics
Maternity statisticsApril 2019
May 2019
Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 years (England)
April to June 2018
Public Health England
Generation genome and the opportunities for screening programmesIncludes opportunities in screening for fetal anomalies, sickle cell and thalassemia, infectiosu diseases in pregnancy, and newborn blood spot screening and newborn hearing screening.
News
Lots this time...The man who gave birth (Guardian podcast)
Freddy McConnell is a trans man who decided to begin the process of conceiving and delivering his own child. The film Seahorse is about this, and the podcast is an interview with Freddy.
There is also a video, If all men got pregnant, it'd be taken more seriously: behind the scenes of Seahorse.
Doctors can perform C-section if woman loses mental capacity, judge rules
Not the Booker: Please Read This Leaflet Carefully by Karen Havelin review – an angry story of pain
Review of a book about the author's experience of endometriosis.
Woman who gave birth alone in Denver jail cell sues city authorities
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 28th August 2019
Maternite, by Renoir |
Some recent things...
NICE Consultations
Intrapartum care: women with existing medical conditions or obstetric complications and their babies: quality standard consultationThis is a draft quality standard, due for publication in February 2020, and you can comment until 23rd September at 5 pm.
Statistics
Female genital mutilationGlobal health
Developing and applying a "living guidelines" approach to WHO recommendations on maternal and perinatal health"Living guidelines" is a continuous approach to updating recommendations. There are links to the recommendations themselves.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, HIFA email discussion list. And my wife Suzanne for taking me to some art galleries in Paris!
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 21st August 2019
Some recent (some less so) things you might like to know about:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/birth-summary-tables-england-and-wales-2018
Births in England and Wales: summary tables
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/birthsummarytables
Antenatal and screening data January - March 2019
via https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-screening-programmes-kpi-reports-2018-to-2019
Teenage mothers' experience of repeat pregnancies (in London, published in Journal of Advanced Nursing)
Preterm labour and birth - quality standard (QS135)
The five: medical biases against women
Birth rate in England and Wales at all-time low
Tommy's National Centre for Maternity Improvement
Initiative launched by RCOG, RCM and Tommy's
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert
Statistics
Birth summary tables, England and Wales 2018https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/birth-summary-tables-england-and-wales-2018
Births in England and Wales: summary tables
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/birthsummarytables
Antenatal and screening data January - March 2019
via https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-screening-programmes-kpi-reports-2018-to-2019
Research
Antibiotics after assisted vaginal delivery (NIHR Signals)Teenage mothers' experience of repeat pregnancies (in London, published in Journal of Advanced Nursing)
NICE
Preterm labour and birth - guideline (NG25)Preterm labour and birth - quality standard (QS135)
News
Pregnant women left without midwives as home-birth service closes (One to One Midwives, which works in Essex and the north west of England)The five: medical biases against women
Birth rate in England and Wales at all-time low
Tommy's National Centre for Maternity Improvement
Initiative launched by RCOG, RCM and Tommy's
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 31st July 2019
Some recent things...
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert
Genetic Alliance
Fixing the present, building for the future: newborn screening for rare conditionsBreastfeeding
Breastfeeding prevalence at 6-8 weeks after birth: Q4 2018/19 statistical commentary (Public Health England)Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation: April 2018 to March 2019, annual report (NHS Digital)Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 24th July 2019
Some recent things...
The woman was Sophie Burgess, who died 48 hours after giving birth following sepsis and HELLP syndrome
More about sepsis in pregnancy and after childbirth: RCOG Green Top Guideline (after pregnancy); (in pregnancy).
More about HELLP syndrome (Haemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelets syndrome): there is a little in this Clinical Knowledge Summaries item about hypertension in pregnancy. The NICE Quality Standard on Hypertension in pregnancy (updated this month) may also be useful.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Global health
Cost of global push to prevent women dying in childbirth to increase sixfold (Guardian, reporting research done by UNFPA and Johns Hopkins)Case studies
Women in East Hull will have the same midwife throughout their pregnancies as part of a plan to offer more personalised maternity care (the "Primrose Team")News
Hospital trust admits sepsis care failings after woman's deathThe woman was Sophie Burgess, who died 48 hours after giving birth following sepsis and HELLP syndrome
More about sepsis in pregnancy and after childbirth: RCOG Green Top Guideline (after pregnancy); (in pregnancy).
More about HELLP syndrome (Haemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelets syndrome): there is a little in this Clinical Knowledge Summaries item about hypertension in pregnancy. The NICE Quality Standard on Hypertension in pregnancy (updated this month) may also be useful.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 17th July 2019
Some recent things...
Baby‐Friendly Community Initiative—From National Guidelines to Implementation: A Multisectoral Platform for Improving Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Integrated Health Services
A study in Kenya
Expanding the Agenda for Addressing Mistreatment in Maternity Care: A Mapping Review and Gender Analysis
Second report from this audit. Maps current service provision as of January 2019 across England, Scotland and Wales, describes changes since the last survey in January 2017, and details where improvements are still needed.
A study from Ontario, Canada.
Placental growth factor testing can speed up diagnosis of pre-eclampsia (NIHR Signals)
Summary of research published in the Lancet.
Acknowledgements: USAID Maternal and Child Survival Program news; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Global health
Exploring the equity impact of a maternal and newborn health intervention: a qualitative study of participatory women’s groups in rural South Asia and AfricaBaby‐Friendly Community Initiative—From National Guidelines to Implementation: A Multisectoral Platform for Improving Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and Integrated Health Services
A study in Kenya
Expanding the Agenda for Addressing Mistreatment in Maternity Care: A Mapping Review and Gender Analysis
Audit
National Maternity and Perinatal Audit Organisational Report 2019 (HQIP)Second report from this audit. Maps current service provision as of January 2019 across England, Scotland and Wales, describes changes since the last survey in January 2017, and details where improvements are still needed.
Research
Health outcomes of young children born to mothers who received 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination during pregnancy: retrospective cohort study (BMJ)A study from Ontario, Canada.
Placental growth factor testing can speed up diagnosis of pre-eclampsia (NIHR Signals)
Summary of research published in the Lancet.
Acknowledgements: USAID Maternal and Child Survival Program news; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 10th July 2019
Some recent things you might like to know about.
"A report setting out the evidence for action on food and drink product ranges targeted at babies and young children, and PHE’s advice to government."
Acknowledgements: King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Statistics
Statistics on women's smoking status at time of delivery: England, quarter 4, 2018/19 (NHS Digital)Baby food
Commercial infant and baby food and drink: evidence review (Public Health England)"A report setting out the evidence for action on food and drink product ranges targeted at babies and young children, and PHE’s advice to government."
Sonographers
Right touch assurance for sonographers based on risk of harm arising from practice. Report by the Professional Standards Authority to Health Education England.Acknowledgements: King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 3rd July 2019
Some recent things you might want to know about...
Statistics on women's smoking status at time of delivery
Evidence summary: doxylamine/pyridoxone (Xonvea) for treating nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Statistics
Maternity statistics monthly statisticsStatistics on women's smoking status at time of delivery
NICE
Guideline: Hypertension in pregnancyEvidence summary: doxylamine/pyridoxone (Xonvea) for treating nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
News
Pregnant smokers warned of ‘potentially deadly risks’Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 26th June 2019
Some recent things you might want to know about...
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Case study
Women frightened of childbirth to be helped by new specialist support serviceGuidelines
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Care of Women Presenting with Suspected Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes from 24+0 Weeks of Gestation (Green-top Guideline No. 73)Research
Antimicrobial central venous catheters do not reduce infections in pre-term babies (NIHR Signal, reporting research published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health)Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 19th June 2019
Some things you might like to know about...
Includes stillbirths and neonatal deaths.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Statistics
Infant mortality in England and Wales, for infants born in 2016Includes stillbirths and neonatal deaths.
News
Express yourself! How the breast-pump revolution could ease maternal stress (Guardian)Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2019
Some recent things you might like to know about (a day late)...
'A mother is scared to hold her baby in case he dies in her arms': my job as a health visitor (includes mention of perinatal mental health)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on ‘First 1000 days of life'.News
UK among least family-friendly countries in OECD, survey finds'A mother is scared to hold her baby in case he dies in her arms': my job as a health visitor (includes mention of perinatal mental health)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 5th June 2019
Two weeks' worth of recent things.
Maternity statistics, Feb 2019
Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 years, England and Wales, Jan - Mar 2018
Acknowledgements, as ever to King's Fund Library, Embed Health Consortium.
Statistics
Female genital mutilation, Jan - Mar 2019Maternity statistics, Feb 2019
Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 years, England and Wales, Jan - Mar 2018
Mental health
The perinatal mental health (PMH) matrix: Improving the quality of care for women (NICE Blog)Global health
Why Rohingya women risk dangerous home births in Bangladesh's refugee camps (The New Humanitarian)And also
Taking the p***: the decline of the great British public toilet (Royal Society for Public Health)Acknowledgements, as ever to King's Fund Library, Embed Health Consortium.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 22nd May 2019
Some recent things you might like to know about...
Every Mum Matters - mental health awareness for new and expectant mums, a scheme launched in parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Humber, Coast and Vale's survey of expectant mums about how they want to receive information about pregnancy choices.
NICE is consulting about specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Every Mum Matters - mental health awareness for new and expectant mums, a scheme launched in parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Humber, Coast and Vale's survey of expectant mums about how they want to receive information about pregnancy choices.
NICE is consulting about specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm.
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 15th May 2019
Some recent things you might need to know about...
Antibiotics after assisted childbirth could almost halve maternal infections
BMJ news report, Guardian report
The research itself is in the Lancet, and is open access.
Last Friday's Google Doodle was Lucy Wills, a haematologist who investigated anaemia of pregnancy. Read this from the James Lind Library, to find out more about her and how Marmite fits into her research.
Research
Association between Apgar scores of 7 to 9 and neonatal mortality and morbidity: population based cohort study of term infants in SwedenAntibiotics after assisted childbirth could almost halve maternal infections
BMJ news report, Guardian report
The research itself is in the Lancet, and is open access.
In the news
The story of a male midwifeOther things
This week is Christian Aid Week in the UK. Christian Aid is a church organisation that works with church partners outside the UK, and the theme for this year is maternal health and reducing maternal mortality, with information available from the Christian Aid website atLast Friday's Google Doodle was Lucy Wills, a haematologist who investigated anaemia of pregnancy. Read this from the James Lind Library, to find out more about her and how Marmite fits into her research.
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 8th May 2019
Some recent things you might want to know about...
Report about "Is it possible to accurately predict overweight at age 10-12 years based on information at birth and during the first year of life?", an abstract from Dutch researchers, presented at the recent European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow. (I have not found the abstract itself)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Research, global health
Local adaption of intrapartum clinical guidelines, United Republic of Tanzania (Bulletin of the WHO)Case studies from NICE Shared Learning
Ensuring compliance with NICE guidance significantly improves outcomes in Multiple Pregnancy – East and North Hertfordshire NHS TrustIn the news
Risk of obesity can be accurately predicted in babies, study finds (Guardian)Report about "Is it possible to accurately predict overweight at age 10-12 years based on information at birth and during the first year of life?", an abstract from Dutch researchers, presented at the recent European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow. (I have not found the abstract itself)
Local Government Association
Supporting young parents to reach their full potential.Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin
Wednesday, May 01, 2019
What's new in midwifery - 1st May 2019
Some recent things you might want to know about...
New insights into how ethnicity and culture affect maternal mental health
Maternity statistics for January 2019 (NHS Digital)
Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert, emails from NIHR and BMJ
NIHR Signals
Summaries of recent researchNew insights into how ethnicity and culture affect maternal mental health
Social media
BMJ feature on learning from birthing stories on TwitterStatistics
Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth (Public Health England)Maternity statistics for January 2019 (NHS Digital)
News
NHS to roll out blood test for pre-eclampsia (BMJ)Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin, King's Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert, emails from NIHR and BMJ
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