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An overview of risks to pregnant women from infections: current screening, vaccination, treatment and prevention programmes.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
Guidance for healthcare professionals who issue form MAT B1 to verify a pregnancy and confirm the expected week of confinement.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Information for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Services and care available through the NHS for children.
Information for pregnant women whose baby may have spina bifida, including treatment options.
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Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
If your pregnancy ends before 24 weeks, you can get a free certificate in memory of your baby.
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