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Vacancy on BMFMS committee

07 Sep 2021

Following Prof Katie Morris’ recent election as the new BMFMS President, there is now a vacancy for the position of BMFMS Abstract Coordinator on the BMFMS Committee. We plan to hold the elections soon. Please see the job description... Read more

Re:birth collaborative listening project

07 Sep 2021

Re:birth is a collaborative listening project, supported by the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and overseen by eight maternity service user organisations. It aims to explore service users’, maternity professionals’... Read more

New BMFMS President

19 Aug 2021

BMFMS today announced its new President who will take office on the 4th October 2021. Current BMFMS President, Myles Taylor says: "It gives me great pleasure to announce that the next president of the BMFMS will be Professor Katie Morris. It... Read more

INVITATION: Participation in an interview study on NIPT

19 Aug 2021

We would like to invite you to participate in a qualitative study on the ethical issues arising from the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) into routine antenatal care in England, France and Germany. We are a research team at the... Read more

Subspecialty training post in Maternal and Fetal Medicine vacancy

29 Jul 2021

A subspecialty training post in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust is available and advertised. Details of the post and application forms are available and the post is currently still open to... Read more

Survey on if NHS maternity professionals adapt the care that they plan/provide to individuals who have conceived by IVF

21 Jul 2021

Researchers from the University of Manchester would like to better understand if (and if so, how) NHS maternity professionals adapt the care that they plan/provide to individuals who have conceived by IVF. It is an anonymous online survey. You... Read more

Nominations for President

15 Jul 2021

BMFMS President, Myles Taylor, has almost reached the end of his term. As such members are all invited to nominate a colleague to become our new President. We plan to hold the election from the beginning of September this year. You can download a... Read more

Addressing Inequalities in Perinatal Care Conference

16 Jun 2021

Addressing Inequalities in Perinatal Care Conference, 4th October 2021 9.00am to 5th October 2021 5.15pm BMFMS is partnering with BAPM and BICS on this two day virtual conference. Inequalities in perinatal care can affect morbidity and... Read more

Introducing Ferring’s new Racial Equality Grants Programme

20 May 2021

As a leader in reproductive medicine and maternal health, Ferring is committed to playing their part in reducing racial disparities in maternal mortality and improving in vitro fertilisation (IVF), pregnancy and postpartum outcomes for Black... Read more

BMFMS Prenatal Genomics Study Day

06 May 2021

BMFMS Prenatal Genomics Study Day Registration is now open for the BMFMS Prenatal Genomics Study Day that is being held in collaboration with the Fetal Genomics Group. The Meeting will be taking place virtually on Thursday 2nd September 2021... Read more

Obstetricians would you like to help shape future research in Twin Pregnancy?

29 Apr 2021

We need your expert opinion in the development of a Core Outcome Set for Twin Pregnancy. Core Outcome Sets are a set of agreed outcomes that have been clearly defined, are measured in a standardised manner and will be reported consistently as a... Read more

BMFMS election results

26 Apr 2021

The successful candidates in the recent BMFMS elections are: Education and Training rep: Dr Marie O’Sullivan Maternal Medicine rep: Dr Aarthi Rachel Mohan Trainee rep: Dr Adalina Sacco Read more

ACCEA consultation

29 Mar 2021

The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) wants the views of medical and other consultants on reforms to the national Clinical Excellence Award (CEA) scheme, with the aim of introducing a new scheme from April 2022. This... Read more

BAPM NEWTT study

23 Mar 2021

The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) is revising the Newborn Early Warning Trigger and Track (NEWTT) chart. The NEWTT tool seeks to identify those babies at risk of clinical deterioration following birth and provide a... Read more

TRANSFER Study launched to assess the incidence of threatened extreme preterm birth

18 Mar 2021

Clinicians from the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol, working with the Birmingham Centre for Observational and Prospective Studies BiCOPS (BiCOPS) are undertaking a study to assess the incidence of threatened preterm birth in women presenting... Read more

Parliamentary Committee on Safety of Maternity Services

02 Mar 2021

BMFMS evidence to the Parliamentary Committee on Safety of Maternity Services was published last week (25 Feb). Please see below: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/472/safety-of-maternity-services-in-england/publications/ Read more

Perinatal Update Virtual Conference - Session Recordings

18 Feb 2021

In December 2020 800 professionals joined BMFMS and BAPM's Perinatal Update Virtual Conference. National leaders in perinatal care gave presentations across 2 days, a 'Preterm Birth Day' and an 'Update Day.' If you missed the sessions you... Read more

Calling all UK sonographers, midwives and doctors with interests in First Trimester Ultrasound and Fetal Anomaly Screening!

11 Feb 2021

Dear Colleagues, We are asking for 15 minutes of your time to help with an important survey that will shape first trimester screening in the UK. We are working with the NIHR to explore if first trimester fetal anomaly screening would be... Read more

Committee vacancy - trainee

04 Feb 2021

There is now a vacancy for a trainee rep on the on the BMFMS Committee. 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 signatures and returned... Read more

Committee vacancies

26 Jan 2021

There are now two vacancies available on the BMFMS Committee: Education and Training rep 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... Read more

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