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Members confirmed for new Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce chaired by the Health and Social Care Secretary to deliver improvements on maternity.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting appoints Donna Ockenden to lead the independent review into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's maternity and neonatal service.
The government has launched a scheme that will see thousands of people benefit from improved HIV testing and treatment under a new action plan.
Government kicks off a new national campaign to help parents cut through the bombardment of sometimes unreliable advice and false expectations online.
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a new national vaccination campaign, 'Stay Strong. Get Vaccinated', to protect newborn babies.
Government announces 14 hospital trusts to be looked at in a national investigation.
Baroness Amos has been selected to lead the independent investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal care to drive urgent improvements to care and safety.
Thousands of mothers and babies will benefit from extended support to breastfeeding services this year.
Government to roll out the Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) programme nationally.
More than 100,000 baby loss certificates have now been issued to parents who have lost a pregnancy, allowing them to formally recognise their loss.
New entitlement will give thousands of eligible new parents each year with children in neonatal care a right to additional leave and pay.
Thousands of parents and children across England will be able to give their child the best start in life thanks to a £126 million government funding boost.
The UK chief medical officers, chief nursing officers and chief midwifery officers have given advice on the importance of folic acid supplementation.
New legislation being introduced today will require millers and flour producers to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid from the end of 2026.
All parents who have experienced losing a pregnancy can apply for a certificate formally recognising their loss, the government has announced.
Programme to help avoid brain injury in childbirth piloted from today to boost maternity safety.
A national respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine programme protecting infants and elderly people will save lives in the UK.
Health and Social Care Secretary Victoria Atkins spoke at the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on birth trauma.
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Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Guardian on smoking addiction and MPs' historic opportunity to vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
The Chief Nursing Officers and Senior Midwives of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have spoken out in support of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
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