NHS mandate to improve care in pregnancy

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Included in the key objectives of the recent NHS mandate:

"better care during pregnancy, including women getting a named midwife to ensure personalised care throughout pregnancy"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20314687

http://mandate.dh.gov.uk/

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So, will we see new risk assessments for pregnancy --particularly the West Midlands Perinatal Institute's research on reduction of stillbirths-- made universal throughout the NHS? And if not, why not?

http://www.uk-sands.org/no_cache/News/Newspage/article/264/22.html

Sands has welcomed a new report which says stillbirth rates in the West Midlands have fallen below the national average for the first time in 50 years.

http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7525/1113

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