Wednesday, November 06, 2019

What's new in midwifery - 6th November 2019

Some recent things....

NHS Improvement

Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme

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

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

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