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Protect yourself and your unborn baby from flu
A five minute appointment to have the jab in October could save your life! Pregnant women are amongst the least likely to have the seasonal flu jab, putting themselves and their babies at risk. Less than half of pregnant women were vaccinated last season. This is despite the fact that pregnant women are more likely…
Health visitors – all in a day’s work
Health visitors often get a lot of bad press and can be unpopular with new mums and dads. Babyworld invited a brave representative, Ann Girling, to defend their corner. All in a day’s work … BW: So what exactly does a health visitor do? AG: A health visitor is a trained nurse who has had…
News In Brief
How will the millennium baby fare in the future? The Government has drawn up ‘quality of life’ indicators, which will show children born in the next few months how their life will develop. A baby born at the turn of the millennium can expect to live for most of the century, have improving air quality,…
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Tagged Brits, Ear, morning sickness, National Health Service, serious sickness, severe nausea, software, Sweden, Twin, University of Pittsburgh, Zoology
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NHS Direct to expand
7 December 1999 NHS Direct to expand A HEALTH advice service, which offers medical help for people at the end of a phone, is to be extended to the Internet. NHS Direct currently offers advice 24 hours a day to 40 per cent of England, with another 25 per cent due to be covered within…
Antenatal Classes Axed In NHS Cuts
Hospitals in the UK are cutting antenatal classes because of the NHS financial problems, according to the Royal College of Midwives. The National Service Framework on maternity services, published in 2004, said good antenatal care should include providing access to parenting education and preparation for birth. But it is down to individual Trusts to pay…
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Tagged antenatal services, Department of Health, Health, Hospital, Jo Webber, Liberal Democrat, maternity services, Midwife, National Health Service, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, National Science Foundation, Reproductive health, Royal, Royal College of Midwives, Sandra Gidley, spokesman, teacher
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Maternity Units Turning Away Women In Labour
Maternity units are turning away women in labour because they have no room, figures show. More than four in ten NHS hospitals refused to accept expectant mothers at least once last year. The figures, from 103 of the 147 NHS trusts with maternity services, were obtained by the Conservatives under the Freedom of Information Act.…
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Tagged Health, honorary secretary, Liberal Democrat, local maternity services, maternity services, National Childbirth Trust, National Health Service, Norman Lamb, Politics, Richard Warren, Royal College of Obstetricians, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, spokesman, University of Leicester
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Search is on for most comfortable baby clothes
Tess Daly has launched Comfort Pure fabric conditioner’s new, nationwide search for the most comfortable baby and toddler clothes. The celebrity yummy mummy, who has a 17 month old daughter, Phoebe, heads army of mums from around the country who are helping to track down the softest, most comfortable, but still durable baby clothes. The mums, known…
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Tagged Comfort, Mummy, National Health Service, Peter Pan, Phoebe, Vernon Kay, Yummy
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Healthcare watchdog launches maternity website
A new service enables pregnant women and their families to see details of the quality of care provided by their local maternity services at a glance. The launch of the Healthcare Commission’s maternity website follows the most comprehensive comparative review of maternity services ever carried out. The review, which was published in January, found significant variations in the quality of…
Make a difference to nurses and midwives in 2009
News - Midwifery Council Date 12th January 2009 Make a difference to nurses and midwives in 2009 For many, the New Year is a time for resolutions or starting something new but Europe’s largest healthcare regulator is asking people to give their time to something a little more unusual than the gym, in 2009. The Nursing…
Child healthcare specialists honoured by Queen
News archive The latest products and where to find them Product news archive Talk about it in our Discuss, Debate and Deliberate discussion forum 14th June 2004 Child healthcare specialists honoured by Queen Dozens of healthcare workers have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List including doctors at the forefront of child health. Professor…
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Tagged Benyon, Cancer, chair, David Beynon, Health, Karyn Maltby, National Health Service, obstetrician, Queen, Royal College of Paediatrics, Sophie
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