Providing clear information about available options during maternity care is very important for pregnant women. This is particularly important when considering what action to take when pregnancy becomes overdue.  Current practice in the United Kingdom (UK) based on guidelines on inducing labour (https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg70) advocates avoiding a pregnancy lasting longer than 42 weeks (known as a prolonged pregnancy). Read more

25th – 29th November, 2019 is Clinical Audit Awareness week. Have you considered conducting a clinical audit in your practice? Clinical audit is often confused with just collecting data but it is about measuring an aspect of your care delivery or your practice’s performance against a standard.  Read more

A recent systematic review by Bai et al. looked at the effect of anti-inflammatory medication and its effect on “major depressive disorder”. To read more click here. Read more

Many of us have seen patients who report their pain is
affected by the weather.  A large study
involving citizen scientists has collected data from 2658 patients over a 15
month period.  Data were collected about
how pain symptoms varied during different weather conditions.  More information about the study can be found
at https://www.cloudywithachanceofpain.com/.  The findings of the study led by Professor
Will Dixon can be found at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0180-3 Read more

The next meeting of the Bristol research hub will take place on Thursday 28th November, 2019 from 7-9pm. The group will be looking at clinical audit. Read more

The next meeting of the Leeds research hub will take place on Tuesday 19th November, 2019 from 6.30 to 8.30pm. The topic selected for the next meeting is the use of motivational interviewing in patient care. A summary of the papers for the meeting are listed here. Read more