Polls
Loading ...Competitions
Win a Pillow Pet
Snuggle up with your very own Pillow Pet, catching forty winks has never been more fun!
Competition ends 31st May 2012Groups
-
posts related to: Royal College of Nursing
Antenatal testing – one mother’s story
Every year more than 700,000 women in the UK become pregnant and, as a result of antenatal testing, over 35000 will be told that their baby is at risk of a serious abnormality. Fiona was told that her first baby had a very high risk of Down’s syndrome. Here she explains how the news affected…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests
Tagged Breech birth, Caesarean section, CVS, Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Infertility, Jack Toby, Midwife, Miscarriage, morning sickness, Nuchal scan, Nurse, Oman, postnatal depression, Pregnancy, Prenatal diagnosis, Royal College of Nursing, Ultrasound, unexplained infertility, Vicki Allenach
Leave a comment
Nurses Plea to Reduce Caesareans
The number of Caesarean sections performed in the UK should be cut according to British nurses. During the annual Royal College of Nursing conference, held this week in Harrogate, members have raised their concern that too many Caesarean’s are being undertaken. Statistics indicate that the current rate in the UK stands at about 40 per…
Breastfeeding may be allowed in Parliament
24 January, 2001 BREASTFEEDING is back on the agenda in the House of Commons, thanks to the new Speaker, Michael Martin. Mr Martin has said he would have no objection to the ban being lifted and has referred the matter to the Commons Administration Committee, the Daily Telegraph has reported. The committee will have the power to decide…
Posted in News
Tagged Breastfeeding, Childhood, Martin, Parenting, Politics, Royal College of Nursing, Speaker, the Daily Telegraph
Leave a comment
MMR Vaccine Summit Planned
Medical experts are to hold a meeting to draw up a strategy to reassure the public that the MMR vaccine is safe. The move follows the publication of research raising doubts about the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. A Department of Health spokesman said the meeting was arranged due to a drop in…
Posted in News
Tagged British Medical Association, consultant, Department of Health, Liam Donaldson, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Paediatricians, rubella, spokesman, Vaccines
Leave a comment
