Women and children

HST13 published on volanesorsen for familial chylomicronaemia syndrome

November 2020

NICE has published Highly Specialised Technologies Guidance 13, Volanesorsen for treating familial chylomicronaemia syndrome. Familial chylomicronaemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare genetic disorder of lipid […]

Public Health England issues guidance on speaking to pregnant women carrying haemoglobin disorders

October 2020

Public Health England has issued guidelines to help healthcare professionals speak with pregnant women carrying haemoglobin disorders. The publications explain what it means to be a carrier […]

National Genomic Healthcare Strategy published

October 2020

The Government has published Genome UK—the future of healthcare, its strategy for the creation of ‘the most advanced genomic healthcare ecosystem in the world’. The […]

Key sexual and reproductive health guidance updated

October 2020

The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) and Primary Care Women’s Health Forum (PCWHF) have issued a number of updated guidelines and documents on […]

Public Health England issues updated infection prevention and control guidance

September 2020

Public Health England (PHE) has issued a number of guidance updates on COVID-19 and a range of other conditions. COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC) […]

Shielding to end for the majority of clinical extremely vulnerable children

July 2020

The DHSC has announced that the majority of children considered clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 will no longer need to shield. The decision was made […]

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