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02 September 2016 02 Sep 2016

Volume 24 | Issue 9

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

A welcome boost for perinatal mental health

Perinatal mental health has been lingering near the top of the midwifery agenda for a while—at least in terms of rhetoric—but now some of the talk is being translated into action. The Perinatal Mental Health Community Services Development Fund is one of the first tangible changes to the way we approach mental health in pregnancy and the postnatal period.

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Alternatives to breastfeeding: The use of goats' milk in infant formula

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Retinopathy of prematurity: Causes, prevention and treatment

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Safe drug administration in midwifery

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Newborn examination on full-term neonate whose mother had group B streptococcus colonisation

‘Bump, Baby and Beyond’: Participant-led antenatal sessions using creative collaboration

Should left-handed midwives and midwifery students conform to the ‘norm’ or practise intuitively?

Amendments in electronic fetal monitoring and intermittent auscultation

Summer reading: The NHS Litigation Authority Annual Report

In memory of Dr Kate Granger