09 March 2018
A breastfeeding friend has been launched on Amazon’s Alexa voice search service, as part of a campaign by Public Health England (PHE) to support new mums 24/7.
09 March 2018
This week (12 to 18 March) is the Lullaby Trust’s annual awareness campaign on safer sleep. The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of SIDS and provides advice on safer sleep for babies and emotional support for bereaved families.
13 March 2018
A survey of more than 4000 pregnant women shows that 61% would reduce their caffeine consumption habits after being made aware of how much caffeine there is in daily items.
14 March 2018
A new report shows that just one in six clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are meeting the national ambition that fewer than 6% of women should be smoking at the time they give birth.
15 March 2018
There has been an increase in infant deaths in England and Wales, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
21 March 2018
The RCM and Staff Side unions have been involved in negotiations with employers since December 2017 to come up with a Framework agreement combining both pay and structural reform of Agenda for Change, to benefit all NHS staff and to put to our ...
23 March 2018
‘We simply do not have enough midwives for the job we are trying to do.’ This is the view of Sarah-Jane Marsh, chair of the Maternity Transformation Programme, NHS England, speaking yesterday (22 March) at a seminar in London.
11 October 2018
More than half of new mothers with mental health problems that they wanted to discuss did not feel able to do so at their postnatal check, according to the NCT.