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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 Survey on the spread and content of preterm birth services 21 Jan 2021 A team of researchers based at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, as part of an interdisciplinary research alliance – the Tommy’s Centre for Maternity Care Improvement, are conducting this survey to... Read more ACCEA 19 Jan 2021 The deadline for requesting a BMFMS citation is 5pm on Thursday 21st January 2021 . Please also note, The RCOG have been informed by ACCEA that national nominating bodies (such as RCOG and some specialist societies) will NOT be able to support... Read more International Survey Regarding COVID-19 and Pregnancy 30 Nov 2020 The International Scientific and Standardization Committee on Women’s Health Issues in Thrombosis and Hemostasis of the ISTH (International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis www.isth.org) invite you to participate in an international survey... Read more National survey: Perinatal advance care planning 30 Nov 2020 Hello! Do you care for babies before or after birth? If yes, the University of Birmingham need your... Read more New PReCePT: Prevention of Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Labour e-learning programme now available 26 Nov 2020 Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH), in partnership with the ASHN Network, have collaborated to develop a new, free e-learning programme for perinatal healthcare professionals. The PReCePT: Prevention of Cerebral Palsy... Read more New e-learning on Perinatal Post-mortem Consent 26 Nov 2020 Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare has worked with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and Keele University to develop a new e-learning resource to support health professionals who are required to discuss perinatal... Read more UK NSC survey 26 Nov 2020 The UK NSC have launched this survey to find out your views on how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) involves stakeholders and the public in its work. They want to hear how people find the experience of contributing to the UK NSC’s... Read more Focus Group Invite: The partnership between neonatalogy and obstetrics 24 Nov 2020 Focus Group Invite: The partnership between neonatalogy and obstetrics The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) is looking for volunteers to take part in a focus group on “What should BAPM do to improve the partnership between... Read more Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women who conceive following bone marrow transplant survey 19 Nov 2020 Female childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of preterm birth (PTB); however, little is known about pregnancy outcomes for women who receive bone marrow transplant (BMT). Preconception counselling and referral to PTB prevention clinics... Read more Alternative shunts 12 Nov 2020 Following the news item on Fetal Shunts, BMFMS member Mr David Howe, wrote that his team have been using the Somatex shunt instead of Harrison drains for over a year now. David says “We found the Harrison drains to be very soft, so that they were... Read more Fetal shunts - New Advice from Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA 11 Nov 2020 The MHRA has reviewed the academic evidence surrounding the use of fetal shunts, as well as consulting with clinicians in the field, and found that the risk posed by the Rocket Medical device constructed from the inferior materials is greater than... Read more UKOSS study to assess the incidence, maternal, fetal and neonatal consequences of single intrauterine fetal death in monochorionic twins 28 Sep 2020 A UKOSS study to assess the incidence, maternal, fetal and neonatal consequences of single intrauterine fetal death in monochorionic twins has been published. This study was performed by researchers at the University of Birmingham with the UKOSS... Read more ACCEA recruiting new members 13 Aug 2020 ACCEA are looking to recruit new members to join their Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) Sub-Committee membership. ACCEA hope to open the 2020 and 2021 rounds later this year for national CEAs, this is still to be... Read more Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth - short stakeholder prioritisation 2020 05 Aug 2020 Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth are carrying out a short stakeholder prioritisation survey. For this short prioritisation exercise, they have compiled a shortlist of 29 existing Cochrane Reviews (published between 2002 and 2020) that have been... Read more NHS trisomy screening and testing survey 03 Aug 2020 You are invited to take part in an online survey being performed as part of a PhD research project at the University of Swansea exploring whether expectant parents are giving informed consent for NHS trisomy screening and testing. Healthcare... Read more Back to News Home First...678910...Last