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Please help the Birmingham Preterm Prevention Team.

24 Apr 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

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s (HSIB’s) maternity programme will be hosted later this year by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

13 Apr 2023

It has been announced via a Written Ministerial Statement that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s (HSIB’s) maternity programme will be hosted later this year by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The new arrangement with the CQC will... Read more

The Use of Donor Human Milk in Neonates - BAPM Framework for Practice

13 Apr 2023

BAPM has published an updated version of the Framework for Practice 'The Use of Donor Human Milk in Neonates'. This revised BAPM Framework for Practice provides guidance on the use of donor human milk (DHM) for neonates in the UK. The Framework... Read more

Vacancies on the BMFMS Committee

24 Mar 2023

There are now two vacancies on the BMFMS Committee: Treasurer Maternal Medicine rep We plan to hold the elections soon. You can download a nomination form which needs to be completed with the correct number of supporting members’... Read more

BMFMS and WoW research award announcement

09 Mar 2023

Please see here for WoW’s announcement of recent research awards, including the WoW-BMFMS award to Dr Hannah Rosen O'Sullivan at King’s College London which will explore ways to predict premature birth more accurately and at an earlier... Read more

NICE Antenatal care (update) quality standard - publication

06 Mar 2023

The updated antenatal care quality standard covers the routine care of women and their babies throughout pregnancy. It describes the best care women and their babies should receive across 5 priority areas and aims to drive up quality. The 5 quality... Read more

HSIB Assessment of risk during the maternity pathway

02 Mar 2023

HSIB have now published their Assessment of risk during the maternity pathway report. For more information and to download the report please see here Read more

2023 National Clinical Impact Awards

28 Feb 2023

The 2023 National Clinical Impact Awards will open for applications on 03 March 2023 and the window is currently scheduled to close on 28 April 2023. Please see the below provisional timetable for further information: 3 March to 28 April 2023 –... Read more

Our Health Heroes awards

02 Feb 2023

On the 7th June Skills for Health are hosting the seventh annual Our Health Heroes which recognises and celebrates the wider healthcare workforce that supports doctors and nurses on the NHS frontline. The nomination window for our eleven... Read more

New BAPM Framework: NEWTT 2 - Deterioration of the newborn

02 Feb 2023

BAPM has today published the Framework for Practice 'Deterioration of the Newborn (NEWTT 2)'. This framework is designed for use in postnatal care settings including the delivery suite, postnatal ward and transitional care unit. It describes... Read more

Vacancy on the BMFMS Committee

23 Jan 2023

There is now a vacancy on the BMFMS Committee: Pregnancy Outcome Representative We plan to hold the elections soon. You can download a nomination form which needs to be completed with the correct number of supporting members’... Read more

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sinai Health - Clinician Investigator

16 Jan 2023

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, along with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sinai Health, are seeking a full-time physician with subspecialty training in... Read more

NICE Women’s Health Suite guideline committee recruitment

12 Jan 2023

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking to recruit committee members to support clinical guideline updates within the Women’s Health Suite. They are recruiting for professional members to join the existing... Read more

Perinatal Mental Health Services: Improving access and support

12 Jan 2023

Thursday 19th Jan 2023, Virtual Conference Free places with code hcuk00gmfms This conference focuses on improving perinatal mental health services during and beyond Covid-19. By attending this one day conference, you will hear talks from... Read more

Perinatal Mental Health Services: Improving access and support

12 Jan 2023

Study Day on Genomics for O&G Subspecialties

13 Dec 2022

The RCOG is holding a one day Study Day on Genomics for O&G Subspecialties. This is taking place on Monday 27 February 2023. This hybrid event is aimed at those interested in learning more about genomics, including trainees in O&G or genetics and... Read more

EDELIFE Clinical Trial of treatment in utero for X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia: recruiting in Cardiff

12 Dec 2022

Sites wanted to identify potential cases for clinical trial of a novel treatment for the rare disease X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XHED). EDELIFE, is an international trial that involves Germany, France, Italy, Spain and USA as well... Read more

NICE Women’s Health Suite guideline committee recruitment

01 Dec 2022

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking to recruit committee members to support clinical guideline updates within the Women’s Health Suite. They are recruiting for 5 professional members to join the existing... Read more

cCTG criteria

29 Nov 2022

Dear Colleague, Those of you that were at BMFMS last week will know that there was a discussion about cCTG criteria met/not met and management of these cases. We are collecting information on how cCTG is used in your unit and would be... Read more

Balloon disimpaction of the baby’s head at emergency caesarean during the second stage of labour

24 Nov 2022

The final guidance for Balloon disimpaction of the baby’s head at emergency caesarean during the second stage of labour (1217/2) is now available on the NICE website - please see link here Read more

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