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Catching COVID-19 carries far higher risk than having the vaccine and only 22% of women who gave birth in August were vaccinated.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Minister for Patient Safety Maria Caulfield has announced £3 million for the second phase of a programme to improve maternity safety.
Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies.
Government to increase storage limits for eggs, sperm and embryos to a 10-year renewable period.
Extensive real-world data shows vaccines are safe and highly effective for pregnant women.
Brain injuries in babies to be reduced in new drive to avoid birthing complications, announces maternity safety minister Nadine Dorries.
New Health and Wellbeing Fund will support 19 projects to reduce health inequalities among new mothers and babies.
Hundreds of NHS maternity and neonatal leaders in England will benefit from a new £500,000 maternity leadership programme.
Kemi Badenoch MP speaks to frontline clinicians and specialists from around the world on pre-eclampsia post COVID-19.
Ethical approval has been given for a £2.8 million trial to prevent Group B Strep being passed on to newborn babies.
The guidelines emphasise the importance of building strength and balance for adults, and include recommendations for pregnant women, new mothers and disabled people.
Plans to add folic acid to flour in the UK could prevent up to 200 birth defects a year, Public Health Minister, Seema Kennedy, announced today.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Police officers and police staff investigators who have left the force to start a family, or care for a relative or a friend, will be able to return to permanent jobs through a new project launched today (5th March) by Minis…
Pregnant women and new parents returning to work after having children are to be further protected from unfairly losing their jobs under new proposals set out by the government today.
A support service for mums-to-be in Kirklees which has involved user-led service design and development.
PHE advises temporary suspension of heated home birthing pools filled in advance of labour in home settings.
New research from Start4Life highlights that mothers-to-be are looking for answers by revealing their top 20 questions.
PHE are warning pregnant women against using a potentially poisonous product, 'Calabash chalk', as a nutritional supplement or morning sickness ‘antidote’.
Free booklet for all pregnant mums to help them keep healthy throughout pregnancy.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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