What's new in midwifery - 26th June 2019

Some recent things you might want to know about...

Case study

Women frightened of childbirth to be helped by new specialist support service

Guidelines

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.

What's new in midwifery - 19th June 2019

Some things you might like to know about...

Statistics

Infant mortality in England and Wales, for infants born in 2016
Includes stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

News

Express yourself! How the breast-pump revolution could ease maternal stress (Guardian)





Acknowledgements: Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin.

What's new in midwifery - 13th June 2019

Some recent things you might like to know about (a day late)...

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

What's new in midwifery - 5th June 2019

Two weeks' worth of recent things.  

Statistics

Female genital mutilation, Jan - Mar 2019

Maternity 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.