What ' s new in midwifery - 24th October 2018

Some recent things you might want to know about.Folic acidDepartment of Health and Social CareGovernment to consult over plans for mandatory fortification of food with folic acid, to prevent foetal abnormalitiesReportsAll Party Parliamentary Group for Children who need Palliative CareEnd of life care: strengthening choiceAbout all ages of young people, including babies.Children ’s CommissionerA crying shame: a report by the Office of the Children ’s Commissioner into vulnerable babies in EnglandStatisticsSex ratios at birth in Great Britain 2012-2016 NewsConcerns about the promotion of a cardboard baby box as a place for infants to sleep (letter to the BMJ), also discussed in a BMJ news item. Child of Mine review – three stories that reveal the tragedy of stillbirthResearchOut of hospital maternal cardiac arrestsSystematic review about cardiac arrest in pregnant women, published in Resuscitation,discussed in McMaster University ’s Evidence Alerts.Acknowledgements: King ' s Fund Library Health Management and Policy Alert; Embed Health Consortium Health Bulletin. 
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