Forum on Maternity & the Newborn

The Maternity & the Newborn Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine are pleased to announce their upcoming meeting:

The 'woes' of pregnancy: Best practice and management of significant pregnancy ailments

Wednesday 20 November 2013 – registration at 8.30am

Book now: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/mbde01.php

Topics and speakers include:

Pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain

Sarah Fishburn, NICE Guideline Development Group, Oxford

Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A heart sink problem

Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Professor of Obstetric Medicine Women's Health Academic Centre, King's Health Partners

Diabetes in pregnancy

Stephen Robinson, Endocrinologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Hypertensive conditions in pregnancy

Louise Kenny, Professor of Obstetrics, University College Cork, Ireland

Tokophobia

Simon Mehigan, Consultant Midwife, Liverpool Women's Hospital

Can we prevent pelvic floor dysfunction?

Robert Freeman, Consultant Gynaecologist, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Domestic violence in pregnancy

Heidi Stoeckl, Faculty of Public Health and Policy,  Gender Violence and Health Centre

Obstetric cholestasis

Catherine Williamson, Professor in Obstetric Medicine, Imperial College London

Drinks reception included after the meeting

Book now: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/mbe01.php

For further details please contact

Rachel Catley

Academic Department

The Royal Society of Medicine

1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0A

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Tel: 020 7290 2987