Guidance

October 12, 2023

MBRRACE Report finds maternal deaths from pre-eclampsia continue to increase

Today sees the launch of the MBRRACE Report “Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity […]
February 13, 2023

APEC aspirin factsheet updated to reflect new guidance.

APEC are happy to say we have spent some time reviewing the guidelines on taking aspirin in pregnancy and have a new factsheet available for clinicians […]
October 13, 2022

MBRRACE-UK latest perinatal mortality surveillance report (for 2020) now available

MBRRACE-UK is a team of researchers, clinicians and representatives of parent groups and charities. Every year MBRRACE-UK collects and analyses data about baby deaths from UK […]
May 26, 2022

Brand new Webinar for World PE day covers all your pre-eclampsia questions

You won’t want to miss this excellent overview of the most common questions on pre-eclampsia. The webinar with Prof Andy Shennan OBE and Prof Jenny Myers […]
May 11, 2022

“Healthy Mum, Healthy Baby, Healthy Future: Report Sets out Vision to Deliver Safe, Effective and Accessible Medicines for use in Pregnancy”

APEC have echoed the sentiment expressed in a new report out today that more Action is needed on Maternal Medicines. Healthy Mum, Healthy Baby, Healthy Future: […]
March 30, 2022

Ockenden report published

The Ockenden report is out today after painstaking work by Donna Ockenden and her team examining care at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. It […]
March 28, 2022

Pregnant women to be offered first test to help diagnose pre-eclampsia, NICE recommends in draft guidance

The independent NICE diagnostic advisory committee has recommended four tests that can be used between 20 to 36 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy to help […]
March 16, 2022

Do you know all the signs and symptoms of pre-eclampsia?

APEC have created a new short film to help women and their families learn about the warning signs of pre-eclampsia. Its now available on our YouTube […]
February 15, 2022

New film launched on medicines safe for use in pregnancy

APEC has been working with The Concept Foundation and volunteers to help create this short film, highlighting the need for more clinical trials in pregnancy. Thank […]