What's new in midwifery - 21st August 2019

Some recent (some less so) things you might like to know about:

Statistics

Birth summary tables, England and Wales 2018
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

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