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Mothers and babies in focus as £4.5 million funding rolled out to improve Berkshire maternity and neonatal services.
All babies in England will be screened for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Professor Chris Whitty writes for The i paper on the update to the UK CMOs' physical activity guidelines.
Policy Lab worked with the Department of Health and Social Care to develop a co-design toolkit enabling parents and carers to shape early years services.
Michelle Welsh MP appointed as the government's first Maternity Adviser.
Sussex families to get answers as maternity review scope confirmed.
The review will ensure bereaved families get the answers that they deserve.
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.
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