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Survey highlights gaps in post and antenatal care

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Anonymous, 25 November 2009 16:30

A UK survey of 3,508 mothers’ experiences of maternity services by website Netmums.com, the parenting website, and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), has revealed critical gaps in postnatal care and an absence of NHS-funded antenatal classes. It also revealed a shortage of midwives providing continuous one-to-one care for women during labour, resulting in many mothers being left alone. The ...

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Survey highlights gaps in post and antenatal care

25 November 2009 16:30

A UK survey of 3,508 mothers’ experiences of maternity services by website Netmums.com, the parenting website, and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), has revealed...

  • By: Anonymous , In: News > Current news

Baby Rooney born

04 November 2009 15:48

Baby Kai Wayne Rooney was born at 1.45pm on Monday 2nd November at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, weighing in at 8lbs 2oz. Dad Wayne, 24, and...

  • By: Megan Saunders , In: News > Current news

One in four babies delivered by Caesarean

28 October 2009 10:56

New NHS findings show that almost one in four babies in England is delivered by Caesarean, with a total of around 155,000 babies born by...

  • By: Meer Shah , In: News > Current news

New drug could help stop premature births

26 October 2009 16:08

A drug that is traditionally used to fight cancer has been used in tests to stop contractions, and could prevent premature labour in the future,...

  • By: Eleni Cashell , In: News > Current news

First ever hospital going home pack for preemies

08 September 2009 13:58

Parents of premature or sick babies can now take away with them the 'Going Home Pack' when they finally get to leave hospital with their little...

  • By: Hilary Lavin , In: News > Pregnancy & birth

Research finds no link between anaesthesia and learning disabilities

29 July 2009 10:56

Babies who are exposed to anaesthesia during caesarean deliveries are no more likely to develop learning disabilities than children who are delivered vaginally, a new...

  • By: Laura MacDonald , In: News > Current news

Birth pain better for bonding than epidurals

14 July 2009 12:44

Epidurals are administered too freely and mothers should suffer the pain of a natural birth to prepare them for motherhood, a medical chief has said.Influential midwife Dr. Denis Walsh...

  • By: Sally Griffith , In: News > Current news

Sarah Jessica Parker’s surrogate twins girls arrive

25 June 2009 11:41

Parker and Broderick welcomed early arrivals Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick, weighing 5 pounds and 11 ounces and Tabitha Hodge Broderick, weighing 6 pounds.“Hodge and Elwell...

  • By: Jen Newby , In: News > Current news

More British babies surviving birth since 2000

24 June 2009 10:35

The rate of stillbirths and infant deaths has fallen significantly throughout most of the UK.There were 5.2 babies born dead per 1000 births in 2007,...

  • By: Jen Newby , In: News > Current news

Nurse struck off for turning off baby heart monitor alarm

20 May 2009 16:22

Nicola Waterfall ignored the six-month-old's alarm while working on the high dependency section of a ward at Great Ormond Street Hospital. A disciplinary panel of...

  • By: PA News , In: News > Current news

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