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What do editors do? Editing British Journal of Midwifery (BJM) involves a great deal: seeing articles safely through peer review; reading each piece for errors and clarity (each article will be read...
In the slight lull in news about Brexit and the Conservative party leadership contest, papers have finally been able to report on other stories, although they may not always stray far from...
Although there is much about midwifery that has remained unchanged since it was first practised, the profession is inherently one of new beginnings. From welcoming a new life into the world, to...
Thanks to years of campaigning to raise awareness and conduct research, it is now likely that midwives will have heard of and received training on female genital mutilation (FGM). Although cases are...
An editorial on Brexit has been a long time coming. This is not because discussing it would be irrelevant—quite the opposite. Professional bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018)...
In February 2019, The Telegraph reported the case of a child, known for legal reasons as YY, who could become ‘the first baby in Britain to not to have a mother’ (Stanford, 2019). The case is being...
Given the launch of the NHS Long Term Plan, which committed to expanding the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle (SBLCB), and the Government's target to halve the rates of stillbirth by 2025, this...
At the end of January 2019, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) released its annual report into maternity services, based on data from more that 17 600 women who gave birth in February 2018. While...
Maternity services appear to have been given a much-needed boost for 2019, with proposals from the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, to make the UK ‘the best place in the world to give...
In case the winking multicoloured lights, emails about the office party and the exponential increase in songs by The Pogues being played on the radio weren't enough of a giveaway, Christmas is coming....
What is the role of research? In British Journal of Midwifery, the aim is for it to be informative, engaging and thoughtprovoking—but also, hopefully, inspirational. Not in the sense of a vague quote...
This year's Perinatal Mental Health Summit had two central themes: ‘improving perinatal mental healthcare’ and ‘implementing the 2018 national perinatal mental healthcare pathways’ As a result, the...
Just a few weeks into his new role as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock unveiled his first major initiative: a consultation with health professionals (Department of Health,...
The fertility tracking app Natural Cycles has once again hit headlines. The Advertising Standards Authority banned its adverts, saying that claims implied that it was ‘a precise and reliable method of...
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