Early birth safer for mother and baby in high blood pressure pregnancies
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, which include pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, and chronic hypertension, are the second leading cause of maternal death globally. For women with pre-eclampsia, early birth remains the [...]
Home blood pressure checks could reduce risks after hypertensive pregnancy
The ‘Impact of Blood Pressure Self-Management on Vascular Remodeling After Hypertensive Pregnancy’ study finds monitoring and adjustment of medication where needed can help protect mothers’ heart health. Read the Guardian [...]
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 2019-21. APEC were once [...]
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 hospitals and produce a [...]
“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: Report Sets out Vision [...]
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 is devastating that care [...]
Pregnant women to be offered first test to help diagnose pre-eclampsia, NICE recommends in draft guidance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 make decisions about caring [...]
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 you to all the [...]
Which antihypertensive treatment is better for mild to moderate hypertension in pregnancy?
A new paper co written with Danielle Ashworth, Cheryl Battersby, Marcus Green, CEO of APEC, Pollyanna Hardy, Richard J McManus, Catherine Cluver, and Lucy C Chappell, has been published in [...]
