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  Cutting umbilical cord too early may put baby's health at risk

  Apr 26th, 2013

  The NHS has been warned that cutting babies' umbilical cords too early puts them at risk of iron...

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  Sick child thrown out of NHS approved car because driver refused to go in a puddle

  Apr 16th, 2013

  A six-year-old girl and her mum were thrown out of a cab at 1am in freezing conditions when an NHS...

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  Vitamin D supplement recommendations 'overstated', claims report

  Mar 19th, 2013

  A report claims that the importance of taking vitamin D supplements in pregnancy could be...

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  I gave birth in a midwife-led unit

  Feb 22nd, 2013

  A mum who had a water birth in an NHS midwife led birthing unit shares her story of labour and...

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  Toddler with dislocated elbow sent home from hospital with Calpol

  Jan 10th, 2013

  A mum and dad have accused hospital medics of failing to spot that their toddler daughter had...

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  NHS payouts for families with disabled children who were not told of abnormalities during...

  Nov 23rd, 2012

  The NHS has paid out £54million to the parents of disabled babies who claim medics should have...

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  Hundreds of girls aged 14 and under have had 'designer vagina' surgery

  Nov 22nd, 2012

  Hundreds of girls aged 14 and younger have had ‘designer vagina’ surgery, according to new...

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  Baby boom as NHS maternity services cut, warns Royal College of Midwives

  Nov 12th, 2012

  The Royal College of Midwives is warning that the biggest baby boom in 40 years is going to put a...

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  The House Dad Chronicles: How the Norovirus shut down my daughter's school

  I tend to take the fact that my kids’ will get sick on a weekly basis with a pinch of salt....

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