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
Major pharmacy chain paused flu service amid over-65 jab confusion
A leading pharmacy chain temporarily suspended its flu vaccination service last week...
Top GP warns health secretary against 'deaf enthusiasm' for disruptive technology
A top GP has issued a stark message to health and social care secretary Matt Hancock...
GPs can expect to be sued once every 10 years, warns MDU
GPs face being sued four times on average in a 40-year career, according to a leading...
Pregnancy/antenatal care
General practice is in a 'complete mess', warns former RCGP chair
General practice is in its worst state since the 1970s and needs fundamental change...
NHS England is 'ahead of target' for increasing GP funding after £580m boost
NHS England has said it is ahead of target for increasing funding for GPs after official...
GPs should 'dust off' pandemic plans this flu season, warns leading GP
Practices should be 'dusting off their pandemic plans' ahead of the upcoming flu...
Pregnancy problems
Huge BMA poll highlights chronic pressure on GPs and NHS 'culture of blame'
Nine out of 10 GPs say inadequate NHS resources are undermining the quality and safety...
Damning BMA report warns of 'unconscious racism' in NHS
Black and minority ethnic (BME) doctors are more likely to fear being unfairly blamed...
GMC 'failing to learn' as tribunal appeals continue after Bawa-Garba case
Doctors have hit out at the GMC for failing to learn from the Bawa-Garba case, as...
Assisted conception
What we know so far about plans for state-backed GP indemnity
The announcement last year that the government would develop a state-backed GP indemnity...
Government could unveil detail of state-backed indemnity deal 'within weeks'
Details of the state-backed GP indemnity scheme that will take effect from April...
Dr Nigel Watson: Will networks threaten or support traditional GP partnerships?
Practices across England are linking up with other primary care services through...
Postnatal care, six-week check
Most partners out-earned by locums as hundreds of 'zombie practices' revealed
Most GP partners earn less per clinical session than locums at their practice - and...
GP training: Tips for your ST3 year
Dr Patrice Baptiste shares some tips for GP trainees at the start of their ST3 year.
What GPs need to know about new guidance on reflection
MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Ellie Mein explains new guidance, which aims to reassure...
