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02 September 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.

Editorial

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Initiative empowers pregnant women to know when to seek help

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Time for UK water companies to stop swinging the lead

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In memory of Dr Kate Granger

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Summer reading: The NHS Litigation Authority Annual Report

Legal

Amendments in electronic fetal monitoring and intermittent auscultation

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

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Retinopathy of prematurity: Causes, prevention and treatment

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Safe drug administration in midwifery

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‘Once a caesarean, always a caesarean’? Challenging perceptions around vaginal birth after caesarean

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

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