6 h. ago NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charity

Exclusive: NHS websites pointed women to factsheet featuring podcast by ‘dangerous’ influencers linked to baby deaths• Full story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around the worldThe NHS has been directing pregnant women to a website that connected them to the Free Birth Society, an organisation that has been linked to baby deaths around the world after promoting labour without medical support.A number of NHS trusts are directing women who are contemplating a “free birth” to a charity website that until Monday referred to FBS podcasts as a source of “empowering stories” that can help British women “preparing for their own birth”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago UK charity records original music by people living with dementia

Project aims to unlock memories and sensations for participants while creating nine-track CD, recorded at GlyndebourneOn a stage once presided over by Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Renée Fleming, people living with dementia are recording songs of their own composition.With the microphones of Glyndebourne opera house capturing every note, their voices rise and intertwine. Not echoing old, familiar tunes but shaping entirely new pieces expressing their feelings, hopes and fears – emotions that, when the music stops, their brains can no longer convey in mere words. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago National recognition for South Lanarkshire’s Family Support Hubs

Family Support Hubs provide an early intervention social work response for pregnant women, babies, children and young people up to 18 years old.

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4 d. ago Tend it like Beckham: Sir David to create garden for Chelsea Flower Show as part of The King's Foundation

The former England international will co-create a showpiece for the Royal Horticultural Society and the King's Foundation, the educational charity founded by Charles.

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6 d. ago Warning issued as coroners’ advice to prevent deaths of pregnant women ‘not being acted on’

A study by King's College London (KCL) found that critical gaps in care are not being "systematically used nationally" to avert future tragedies

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6 d. ago Coroners’ advice on maternal deaths in England and Wales routinely ignored, study finds

Nearly two-thirds of ‘prevention of future deaths’ reports by coroners are not acted upon, say researchers at King’s College LondonThe advice given by coroners in England and Wales to help prevent maternal deaths is not being acted upon, research suggests.Academics at King’s College London looked at prevention of future deaths (PFD) reports issued by coroners in cases of pregnant women and new mothers who died between 2013 and 2023. They found these reports were not being “systematically used nationally”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Despite Trump’s claims, new review by experts finds no link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism

Experts say pregnant women should still be advised to take Tylenol to treat pain and fever

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2 w. ago No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds

Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkillerA wide-ranging review into paracetamol use by pregnant women has found no convincing link between the common painkiller and the chances of children being diagnosed with autism and ADHD.Publication of the work was fast-tracked to provide prospective mothers and their doctors with reliable information after the Trump administration urged pregnant women to avoid paracetamol – also known as acetaminophen or Tylenol – claiming it was contributing to rising rates of autism. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC staff who were part of Pride staff group 'were among those to complain about Martine Croxall's eye

BBC newsreader Martine Croxall was introducing a news bulletin in June this year when she changed the autocue from 'pregnant people' to 'women' live on air.

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2 w. ago BBC staff back Martine Croxall for saying 'women' instead of 'pregnant people'

The 56-year-old presenter was introducing a segment on Britain's heatwave when the autocue instructed her to warn 'pregnant people' to take precautions.

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2 w. ago Patients to receive direct access to specialists in new NHS trial

A shift to remote monitoring could free up 500,000 hospital appointments a year once fully rolled out

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2 w. ago ‘Pathetic’ BBC blasted for criticising a presenter who corrected woke expression ‘pregnant people’ on air

THE BBC was branded “pathetic” for criticising a presenter who corrected the woke trans expression “pregnant people” on air. Martine Croxall rolled her eyes as she changed it to “pregnant women”. But the BBC News Channel star was reprimanded for her “controversial view about trans people” through her facial expressions in the June news report....

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2 w. ago BBC rebukes newsreader who corrected 'pregnant people’ to ‘women’ live on air

The clip of Martine Croxall, who changed the wording of ‘pregnant people’ to ‘women’ during a live broadcast, was widely shared online

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2 w. ago Newsreader’s facial expression while saying ‘pregnant people’ broke rules – BBC

The clip of Martine Croxall, who changed the wording of ‘pregnant people’ to ‘women’ during a live broadcast, was widely shared online.

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2 w. ago Florida gets sued for allowing pregnant women to park in handicap spaces

Under a new Florida law, pregnant women can obtain handicap parking access during any point in their pregnancy.

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3 w. ago Pregnant women warned after baby deaths due to 'unsafe procedures'

There is a call for tighter regulation as anyone can offer the service

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4 w. ago The Guardian view on global aid cuts: a malaria resurgence could be the canary in the coalmine | Editorial

The consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap USAID, and other countries’ decisions to reduce funding, are playing out in deadly fashionMalaria is a pandemic disease that hits the voiceless hardest: most of those who fall ill and die are small children and pregnant women in Africa. It is the leading infectious killer of the continent, responsible for nearly 600,000 deaths a year. Cases are rising and there is an urgent need for more funding, yet western donor countries are instead cutting back on aid. We still hear brave talk about eliminating malaria. But an expert report now warns of a potential resurgence that could add almost a million more deaths to the annual toll by the end of the decade.Most of the money to fight the mosquito-borne disease – 59% – comes through the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Its executive director, Peter Sands, said last week at the World Health Summit in Berlin that of the three killers, the one that kept him awake...

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