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Updated Saving Babies’ Lives sessions now available

28 Sep 2023

The Saving Babies’ Lives programme has recently been reviewed with six updated sessions now available for maternity and neonatal staff. The newly updated Detection and Surveillance of Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) session aligns with element 2... Read more

Neonatal early warning system tool now adapted into elearning

19 Sep 2023

The new national Newborn Early Warning Track and Trigger (NEWTT2) tool has now been adapted into an interactive elearning resource for maternity teams. The current warning system supports maternal and neonatal staff to recognise early indicators... Read more

Update to NICE guideline on caesarean birth (NG192)

19 Sep 2023

Work on updates to the Caesarean birth guideline (NG192) relating to diamorphine for spinal analgesia has now been completed. The updated guideline has now been published on the NICE website. You can also find the stakeholder comments that they... Read more

Publication of core outcome set for studies of multiple long-term conditions in pregnancy

07 Sep 2023

This study worked with stakeholders to agree on a set of outcomes that should be reported in all studies for pregnant women and birthing people with two or more long-term conditions. The paper can be accessed here: The development of a core... Read more

CVS and amnio - patient information videos

29 Aug 2023

The NEY GMSA Fetal Genomics programme team have produced information videos for patients who are considering invasive testing. They have been specifically produced for the UK population with RCOG and NHSE-approved content. The videos and PILs... Read more

Perinatal platform

01 Aug 2023

Researchers at the University of Nottingham and Oxford, along with several other universities across the UK, have been awarded funding to develop a platform trial in perinatal medicine, focussing on women at risk of preterm birth and babies born... Read more

Survey on closure of parietal peritoneum during caesarean sections

20 Jul 2023

The NICE guideline on Caesarean Birth [NG192] published 31 March 2021, last updated 21 June 2023, recommends non closure of visceral and parietal peritoneum in caesarean birth to reduce operating time and the need for postoperative analgesia, and... Read more

Episcissors survey

10 Jul 2023

Bolton Foundation Trust are experiencing difficulties with blunt episcissors and in order to help them make improvements they want to find out how other trusts manage their episiotomies. They have created a short survey below, and would greatly... Read more

Free webinar Fetal Heart Monitoring: Getting it Right (Part 2)

29 Jun 2023

This month the RCOG is hosting a free webinar Fetal Heart Monitoring: Getting it Right (Part 2) on Wednesday 12 July. This event is designed to educate healthcare professionals in maternity services on accurate interpretation of intrapartum CTG in... Read more

Personalised maternity care elearning now available

29 Jun 2023

An elearning programme about personalised care and support planning in maternity services is now available to access for free on the NHS Learning Hub. The programme, which was produced by the Personalised Care Institute, takes approximately 30... Read more

Update to NICE guideline on caesarean birth (NG192) maternal requests

29 Jun 2023

Work on updates to the Caesarean birth guideline (NG192) relating to maternal requests has now been completed. The updated guideline has now been published on the NICE website. You can also find the stakeholder comments that they received during... Read more

Please help the Birmingham Preterm Prevention Team

27 Jun 2023

Please help the Birmingham Preterm Prevention Team who are performing a service evaluation to find out how common it is for a woman to be diagnosed with a short cervix as an incidental finding at their fetal anomaly scan. These are not women who... Read more

Perinatal Mental Health programme features new resources

08 Jun 2023

The Perinatal Mental Health elearning programme has now expanded to include 2 new sessions for parent-infant practitioners and colleagues in specialist perinatal mental health services. Perinatal and Infant Mental Health created in partnership... Read more

Wellbeing of obstetricians - questionnaire

30 May 2023

Maternity is arguably one of the most rewarding areas of medicine, where staff are involved in the arrival of new life. But births do not always go to plan, despite the best intentions, plans and interventions. Working in obstetrics for any length... Read more

Maternity services: evidence to support improvement

22 May 2023

For the great majority, pregnancy and childbirth is a positive and happy experience that culminates in a healthy mother and baby. But on the rare occasions when things go wrong, the effects are devastating. Maternity services have... Read more

Fetal Heart Monitoring: Getting it Right (Part 1)

22 May 2023

This month the RCOG is hosting a free webinar Fetal Heart Monitoring: Getting it Right (Part 1) on Wednesday 31 May. This event is designed to educate healthcare professionals in maternity services on accurate interpretation of intrapartum CTG in... Read more

Medical Problems in Pregnancy undergoes review and name change

22 May 2023

The Medical Problems in Pregnancy elearning programme has recently been reviewed and renamed Multidisciplinary Approaches to Maternal Health. Developed with NHS England’s Maternity Team, the programme was originally aimed at internal medicine... Read more

BMFMS/Wellbeing of Women jointly funded one Entry Level Scholarship (ELS)

04 May 2023

BMFMS in partnership with Wellbeing of Women will jointly fund one Entry Level Scholarship (ELS) to provide a single candidate with up to £20,000 for research lasting normally up to one year. Funds are for directly incurred research costs and may... Read more

Vacancy of Treasurer on the BMFMS Committee

27 Apr 2023

The deadline to apply for the vacancy of Treasurer on the BMFMS Committee has been extended to midnight on 17th May 2023. Please download a nomination form. The nomination form needs to be completed with the correct number of supporting... Read more

Assoc/Full Professor - Canerector Foundation Medical Disorders of Pregnancy Program Chair – Clinical Scientist – Sinai Health- MFM

25 Apr 2023

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, in tandem with the Medical Disorder of Pregnancy Program within the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Sinai Health System, are seeking... Read more

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