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Tommys and Sands Survey: barriers to accessing maternity care
Tommy’s and Sands are working as part of a Maternity Consortium within the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance to reduce health inequalities in maternity and have launched a survey to understand pregnant women and birthing people’s experiences of accessing maternity services, and any barriers they […]
NICE treatment and management update: Depression in adults
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have published a draft guideline update on depression in adults and would like your feedback. The draft recommendations, including those on access, coordination, and delivery of care, may be of interest to social care commissioners, approved […]
Royal College of Midwives: Pregnant women and vaccination
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives have welcomed a decision by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to roll out the COVID-19 booster vaccine to all people over the age of 18, meaning the majority of […]
CQC 2020 Children and Young People’s Patient Experience Survey
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) 2020 Children and Young People’s Patient Experience Survey has been published this week. This survey asked children and young people, and their parents and carers, about their experience in English hospitals between November 2020 and January 2021. The survey received […]