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New Service Available Fetal Exposure to Medicine Service (FEMS) pilot

20 Jan 2025

What is the Fetal Exposure to Medicine Service (FEMS) pilot? The Fetal Exposure to Medicines Service (FEMS) is a pilot that provides a specialised diagnostic and care management advice service to those who have been exposed to certain antiseizure... Read more

President’s Update January 2025

14 Jan 2025

Dear Members, A belated Happy New Year. The committee met on 7 January 2025 for our first full committee meeting of the New Year. We have had a productive 2024 and been asked for our comments on a number of relevant subjects including the NHS... Read more

Survey on avoidable brain injury

13 Jan 2025

Thiscovery would appreciate the help of all maternity and neonatal professionals. Please give your views to help them improve the way routinely collected data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth are captured and used. Take part in... Read more

BMFMS Abstract Submission Deadline Extended

13 Jan 2025

📢 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended 📅 Great news for all researchers and professionals! The British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society Annual Meeting in Belfast on 8-9th May 2025 has extended the abstract submission deadline to 6th... Read more

Booking is now open for the BMFMS Conference 2025

23 Dec 2024

Booking is now open for the BMFMS Conference 2025 8th and 9th May 2025 at the ICC Belfast https://bmfmsconference.co.uk/2025/en/page/register Read more

Cessation of hardcopy laboratory reports by Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI) at NHS Blood and Transplant

12 Dec 2024

NHSBT RCI laboratories will no longer send hardcopy paper reports after 1 June 2025. This is part of their commitment to improving efficiency, minimising risks associated with printing, and posting paper reports and reducing their carbon... Read more

NICE guideline on Intrapartum care - uterotonics for postpartum haemorrhage

09 Dec 2024

This final guideline has now been published on the NICE website Intrapartum care - uterotonics for postpartum haemorrhage. You can also find the supporting evidence, tools and resources as well as all the stakeholder comments that they received... Read more

REF 2029 applications for main panel and sub-panel recruitment

26 Nov 2024

REF 2029, are moving to open applications for main panel and sub-panel recruitment. This means that individuals will apply directly to act as panel members, rather than being nominated by sector bodies. This change aims to increase transparency,... Read more

Join Group B Strep Support’s Voluntary Clinical Advisory Panel

21 Nov 2024

Are you passionate about improving maternal and neonatal health? Group B Strep Support is seeking dedicated professionals to join their Voluntary Clinical Advisory Panel! This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with leading experts in... Read more

Caring for couples after second trimester pregnancy loss under 24 weeks survey

21 Nov 2024

The PASTeL-3 study team from the University of Aberdeen, University of Manchester, University College Cork and University of Birmingham are undertaking a survey of healthcare professionals to find out about the care provided to women by maternity... Read more

Abstract Submission for BMFMS 2025 Conference open!

14 Nov 2024

Abstract submissions are now open for next year’s annual conference which will be held on 8th and 9th May 2025 (at The ICC, Belfast and also virtually) Please submit your abstracts here If you have any questions on submitting abstracts,... Read more

BMFMS President's November 2024 newsletter

07 Nov 2024

Please see here for the BMFMS President’s November 2024 update. This update includes information about the BMFMS 2025 Conference, recent BMFMS committee appointments and a summary of the issues that the committee has been working on. Read more

National review of maternity services in England 2022 to 2024

29 Oct 2024

The Care Quality Commission have published a series of online resource materials aimed at sharing good practice and encouraging improvement in NHS hospital maternity services. Developed in collaboration with providers, maternity staff and... Read more

New Framework: Routine Pulse Oximetry Testing for Newborn Babies

29 Oct 2024

BAPM has today published a new Framework for Practice: Routine Pulse Oximetry Testing for Newborn Babies. Hypoxaemic conditions such as cardiac, respiratory and infective diseases remain a significant cause of death in the early neonatal period.... Read more

New eLearning for occupational therapists working in perinatal mental health

17 Oct 2024

Three new sessions of the Perinatal Mental Health for Occupational Therapists eLearning programme have been developed in collaboration with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and the NHS England E-Learning for health Programme. The new... Read more

RCOG Research Clinics

30 Sep 2024

The RCOG Research Clinics are now live. Please see the research clinic application form. Please find details for the submission process on the webpage here. The RCOG ask that you kindly follow these guidelines to ensure that your submission is... Read more

NICE - Guidance withdrawn: Insertion of a balloon device to disimpact an engaged fetal head before an emergency caesarean section (IPG515)

17 Sep 2024

NICE has withdrawn the following guidance: Overview | Insertion of a balloon device to disimpact an engaged fetal head before an emergency caesarean section | Guidance | NICE This is because the main evidence that the guidance was based on has... Read more

Amendments to evidence for NICE Caesarean Birth Guideline (NG192)

29 Aug 2024

NICE have published amended versions of Appendix A – Benefits and Risks of Vaginal and Caesarean Birth (see tools and resources tab) and Evidence Review A: the benefits and risks of planned caesarean birth (see evidence tab). The amendments follow a... Read more

DHSC recruitment for research on the Abortion Notification System (ANS)

27 Aug 2024

Department for Health and Social Care is working to explore how to improve the Abortion Notification System, making it easier to use and speeding up the process of publishing abortion statistics. To do this, we are interviewing users about their... Read more

NHS commissioning: plans to April 2026

12 Aug 2024

NHS England have published a letter that sets out their intention to delegate additional NHS England commissioning functions to integrated care boards (ICBs). Please see the link below for the letter: NHS England » NHS commissioning: plans to... Read more

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