Safe Births for Babies and Mothers
This has been written as a response to Baroness Julia Cumberlege’s Better Births in England: a Five Year Forward View for maternity care. Baroness Cumberlege recently opened a ‘pop –up’ birthing...
View ArticleAlison Scouller speech
For everyone who couldn’t make the Conference, here is Alison Scouller’s ( Vice Chair ) speech. An audio file is also posted. Jean Hardiman Smith Hello Alison Scouller here, sorry I can’t be with you....
View ArticlePensioners United
I can’t recommend this film – which focuses mainly on older political activists campaigning for the NHS – too highly. (Statement of competing interests: I feature briefly in the film) Pensioners United...
View ArticleGovernment funding cuts leave sexual health and HIV care at ‘breaking point’
Surveys of members of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA) provide new evidence of pressure on over stretched sexual health services and a...
View ArticleNew post on Save Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Make the UK the safest place world to have a baby! Why is the UK still not in the top ten countries for infant mortality and for maternal deaths? Why? We are a rich country. We have an established...
View ArticleSOCIALIST HEALTH ASSOCIATION (SHA) POLICY ON MATERNITY CARE:
Introduction This policy statement is intended to apply to all parts of the UK. The first 1000 days of life (from conception) are crucial for the long term health and wellbeing of families and society...
View ArticleMaternity Action response to Government guidance on COVID and self-isolation
Our response to Government guidance on COVID and self-isolation Our Senior Legal Officer, Katie Wood, has compiled initial guidance on COVID and pregnant women’s rights at work in light of the...
View ArticleSexual and reproductive healthcare for women during COVID-19 – from FSRH
The attached advice from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health provides details about the changes to provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare during COVID-19. It includes what type of...
View ArticleMay 2020 issue: Sexual Health, Reproductive Health & HIV Policy eBulletin and...
The May 2020 issue of the Sexual Health, Reproductive Health & HIV Policy eBulletin is out today. It contains updates on the sector’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the eFeature, Dame Inga...
View ArticlePrivatisation Protest at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester
On Saturday July 4th, the day before the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the NHS – we demonstrated, jointly with Manchester Trade Union Council, with Unison, Unite and any other unions involved,...
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