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Caring for pregnant women with long term health conditions: call for research support

Debra
Are you a UK midwife caring for pregnant women with two or more long term health conditions? A study is launched to investigate the experience of caring in complex circumstances. Stephanie Hanley, research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and Sharon McCann, research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen, explain......
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Sepsis: what midwives and maternity professionals need to know

Debra
September is sepsis awareness month. Sepsis is a serious condition, and one that can develop suddenly. In this article Professor Helen Cheyne, RCM (Scotland) professor of midwifery, University of Stirling, tells her powerful personal story of the condition, and points to why recognition of sepsis by midwives and health professionals......
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Virtual Conference: Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies

Paul
Group B Strep in Pregnancy and Babies Virtual Conference
The Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies Virtual Conference takes place on Wednesday 2nd June 2021. View the full programme here and book your conference tickets here. Group B Strep is usually a harmless bacterium and carrying it has no symptoms. However, when passed to a baby around birth,......
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Progress in preventing group B Strep infection in newborn babies

Paul
Recently there have been some real steps forward towards reducing group B Strep (GBS) infections in newborn babies. In September, the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) published their updated clinical guideline on preventing early-onset group B Strep infection(i). This includes some major changes from past editions, summarised below.......
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