Women's health: professional resources
All nurses and midwives are encouraged to develop skills and knowledge to enhance best practice, and provide advice and appropriate support to women during their lifespan.
This page provides links to organisations and resources which will support nurses and midwives working in women's health.
Organisations
Key resources
Bailey, R. (2022)
The FSRH Hatfield Vision. .
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Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (2020). . This report reviews Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh.
- Primodos - hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs) – tests, such as Primodos, which were withdrawn from the market in the late 1970s and which are thought to be associated with birth defects and miscarriages
- sodium valproate – an effective anti-epileptic drug which causes physical malformations, autism and developmental delay in many children when it is taken by their mothers during pregnancy; and
- pelvic mesh implants – used in the surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse and to manage stress urinary incontinence. Its use has been linked to crippling, life- changing, complications
Scottish Government (2019-2020) .
Specialist Pharmacy Service. . SPS and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH), with the support of specialist stakeholders working within clinical practice, have produced PGD templates for medicines commonly used within reproductive services.
University of Warwick. .
Welsh Government.
International resources
United Nations (2016) . “On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.”
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO (2021)
