THE NHS has been accused of promoting harmful transgender ideology through its forms for newborn babies. Midwives at Torbay ...

A document has claimed that there were some risks to the health of children from a close relative marriage, but they should ...

The NHS has defended cousin marriage because most do not lead to birth defects, it has emerged. Midwives have been told about ...

A whistleblower told The Mail on Sunday that staff at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust were ‘shocked’ to find during a training session for the Epic software system that there was no option ...

It’s the first and most fundamental piece of information to be recorded about us the moment we’re born. Alongside our ...

New measures will be introduced to allow NHS trusts to take on newly qualified nurses and midwives before vacancies arise, the Government has announced. NHS providers will be able to begin recruiting ...

The NHS has told midwives about the "benefits" of cousin marriage despite the rise in birth defects. New guidance explains that concerns about the risks of congenital diseases are "exaggerated" and ...

An NHS watchdog encourages healthy women to give birth at home or in midwife-led wards – having previously urged caution over such births. But with a shortage of midwives, is this guidance feasible?

Mainstream media representations of midwifery exist on a binary, with headlines either reporting long hours and staff shortages or recapping an episode of Call The Midwife. The realities of the job ...

Health bosses are investigating after it emerged that NHS midwives were taught about the “potential benefits” of cousin marriage, despite the practice increasing the risk of birth defects.