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
NHS app goes live with full rollout to all GP practices promised by July
Patients across England can now download an NHS app that will allow them to book...
NICE recommends digital CBT for children with mild depression
Children and young people with mild depression should have access to digital cognitive...
GPs taking early retirement triple in a decade as tax limits hit workforce
Numbers of GPs taking early retirement have tripled over the past decade as tighter...
Pregnancy/antenatal care
BMA safety warning as pharmacists gain power to switch prescriptions
Pharmacists are set to be granted emergency powers to alter patients' prescriptions...
GP funding could rise £60m through deals on QOF, networks and digital health
GP leaders hope to trigger a 1% boost to practice funding from April - on top of...
GP trainees unfairly denied £20,000 golden hello payments, says BMA
Some GP trainees expecting £20,000 golden hellos for working in under-doctored areas...
Pregnancy problems
The survival of GP partnerships depends on a credible workforce plan
The GP partnership review and the NHS long-term plan set out welcome proposals to...
The importance of medical defence
Dr Rob Hendry, medical director of the Medical Protection Society, explains why medical...
£20,000 'golden hello' doubles GP recruitment in under-doctored areas
Numbers of trainee GPs taking up posts in hard-to-recruit areas have doubled under...
Assisted conception
Time to submit your poster abstracts for the RCGP Annual Conference 2019
You can now submit an abstract and claim a place for your research poster at the...
Five-figure bonuses for NHS Property Services chiefs 'an insult', says BMA
Large bonuses paid to NHS Property Services executives 'add insult to injury' at...
GPs demand 'early warning system' as drug shortages drive up workload
GP leaders have demanded an 'early warning system' to flag up medicine supply problems...
Postnatal care, six-week check
GPs need minimum 3.2% pay rise plus plan to reverse cuts, says BMA
Pay for all doctors should rise by a minimum of 3.2% in 2019/20, the BMA has warned...
Solution to GP workforce crisis must come before NHS reform, MPs told
The workforce crisis and underfunding of general practice must be tackled before...
Multimorbidity: The gap between guidelines and the reality in practice
Delivering outcome-focused care to patients with comorbidities is increasingly problematic...
