MIDIRS and NCT merge to create improved maternity services in UK
MIDIRS, a key provider of innovative and evidence-based information resources
for maternity health care professionals and students, and NCT the UK’s
foremost charity for parents which champions user involvement in both
maternity services and maternity research, have long since shared similar
values and objectives.
Cost-effectiveness of IVF
Study suggests age divide in cost-effectiveness of IVF treatment options.
The findings of a study led by the University of Aberdeen could put IVF
treatment ‘on a more equal footing’ with chronic diseases when it comes
to making decisions about the cost effectiveness of treatment options.
Parents of twins and triplets get new help with feeding
For the first time, practical evidence-based advice and information on
feeding twins, triplets and higher multiples is now freely available to
parents. ‘Feeding twins, triplets and more’, a comprehensive guide, is
published by the Multiple Births Foundation (MBF)
Babies bear the brunt of finance
Newborns from April 1st face losing up to £5,500. The package of financial
support for a child’s first year of life is set to change dramatically
with the consequence that babies born from this April face losing up to
£5,500 in the first year of their lives.
Grandparents get access to grandchildren
Saga greatly welcomes the inclusion of children’s access to grandparents
in the family law review. “The role that grandparents play in the life
of this country’s children is at last recognised“.
Premature Birth Breakthrough
Researchers at King’s College and St George’s University London have
identified a new way of suppressing uterine muscle contractions which
could lead to novel treatments to help stop premature birth.
Children still eating a poor diet
Children in the UK are risking serious illnesses later in life because
of poor diet and nutrition while they are young, an important new study
just published1 on behalf of the Health Supplements Information
Service (HSIS) has found.
Investing £1.2 million in research for babies and children
Action Medical Research – the leading UK-wide medical research charity
dedicated to helping babies and children – has announced grants worth
more than £1.2 million for top researchers across the country.
More kids know how to play a computer game than swim
Parents are being urged to get their kids swimming after international
research revealed more under 5s know how to play a computer game than
swim.
New parents urged to seize nursery tax benefits
New parents who pay higher-rate tax are being urged to ensure they join
their employer’s nursery voucher scheme before 6 April otherwise they
could lose more than £1,000 tax relief due to planned cutbacks, says Baker
Tilly.
