Obstetrics
Browse obstetrics news, education and analysis by obstetrics subsections - pre-pregnancy counselling; pregnancy and antenatal care; pregnancy problems; assisted conception; postnatal care and six-week check.
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Pre-pregnancy counselling
Technology like Babylon's GP at Hand should be available to all, says health secretary
The NHS should harness new technology like Babylon's GP at Hand app, and make it...
Number of GP practices in England falls by 263 in 12 months
The number of GP practices in England has fallen by 263 in the 12 months to 1 July...
GMC provides detail of its review into fitness-to-practise referrals for BME doctors
The GMC has published the terms of reference for its investigation into why a disproportionate...
Pregnancy/antenatal care
'If Dr Bawa-Garba was white she wouldn't have landed in such deep trouble', says BAPIO
Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba may not have been struck off if she had been white, a doctors'...
84% of UK GP training posts filled after one recruitment round
A total of 84% of UK GP training posts for 2018 have already been filled, figures...
Boys set to receive HPV jab after JCVI recommendation
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisations (JCVI) has recommended that...
Pregnancy problems
Defending clinical negligence claims made against GPs
The MDU's Dr Claire Wratten, explains how the MDU has defended GP members from clinical...
Doctors' groups throw weight behind Bawa-Garba legal appeal
The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) will raise concerns...
Virtual GP service covering 300,000 patients rated outstanding by CQC
A 'virtual' GP service set up by a GP federation that serves more than 300,000 patients...
Assisted conception
One in four GPs regularly use social prescribing, survey shows
Almost a quarter of GPs are regularly using social prescribing to refer patients...
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Red flag symptoms - Epigastric pain
It is vital to ensure the patient is haemodynamically stable, says Dr Roopa Jaiswal.
GP dilemma: An online service issues an unnecessary prescription to my patient
A patient has received an unnecessary prescription from an online prescribing system....
Postnatal care, six-week check
Funding cuts leave GPs unable to prescribe stop smoking products
Cuts to public health funding have led to a dramatic fall in prescriptions for stop...
New HEE deal aims to recruit GP trainees from the Caribbean
Hundreds of doctors could join the GP workforce as part of a new programme set up...
CCGs block GP at Hand's expansion to Birmingham
Two CCGs have objected to GP at Hand's plans to expand to a site in Birmingham because...
