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Letter on the need for pregnant women to get the jab
Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Chief Midwifery Officer for England, has written to fellow midwives and GP practices across the country stressing the need to for pregnant women to get the jab to protect them and their baby.
Blood lead concentrations in children and pregnant women
This report by the lead intervention concentration working group, Public Health England recommends that the public health intervention concentration and surveillance case definition for children under 16 years old and pregnant women should be lowered
Barts Health: Women allowed support throughout pregnancy
As of April 2021 and in line with government guidance Barts is allowing full access for partners/support person of pregnant women to attend all antenatal and postnatal appointments throughout their pregnancy journey.
Supporting pregnant women in general practice
A number of GP practices still have restrictions in place and so we are now asking GP practices to lift these as soon as possible in line with the guidance to trusts.
Easing of lockdown restriction to community/primary care Antenatal and Postnatal care
Please find attached NHSE guidance about opening up healthcare services to include access to partners/support person of pregnant women to attend all antenatal and postnatal appointments in acute and community based settings including GP surgeries and children centres
Posters for GP practices: New Help Us Help You campaign on cancer symptoms
NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched the Access phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign.
eRedbook resources for practices
A new batch of eRedbook promotional materials are now available, ready for practices to download and use.
eRedbook guidance
It has been developed in partnership with the NHS and can be 'connected' to the NHS so screening and immunisation data can flow into eRedbook directly from NHS systems as appropriate