Wednesday, August 02, 2023

What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - reports

Some recent reports you might find useful.   And one piece of research that escaped from the earlier blogpost.

Maternal mental health: a briefing for integrated care systems, Maternal Mental Health Alliance.

The Independent Pregnancy Loss Review: care and support when baby loss occurs before 24 weeks gestation, presented to Parliament (PDF).

Royal College of Midwives: England: State of maternity services, 2023. 

NHS Race and Health Observatory, Review of neonatal assessment and practice in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: Exploring the Apgar score, the detection of cyanosis, and jaundice (PDF), covered in the Guardian.

Observer analysis of CQC reports on maternity services

Nursing and Midwifery Council: The best midwifery care happens in partnership.

SANDS and Tommy's Policy Unit, Saving babies' lives report 2023 (PDF).

Optimal cord management, post from Library and Knowledge Service at Rotherham Hospital, referring to NHS England and other material. 

NHS Digital, Maternity Services Monthly Statistics (final for March 2023, provisional for April 2023).   


The piece of research that escaped is:

Experience of induction of labour: a cross-sectional postnatal survey of women at UK maternity units.




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