In a new study, Christine Agdestein has surveyed several aspects of the postnatal check-up. Agdestein is a specialist in general practice and a general practitioner, and is currently a PhD candidate ...

Experts have warned the well-being of thousands of women is being put at risk by the missed appointments, which can pick up serious problems such as postnatal depression. Teenage mothers and those ...

Amalie Rodum is at her postpartum check-up with general practitioner and researcher Christine Agdestein. In a new study, Christine Agdestein has surveyed several aspects of the postnatal check-up.

GP practices will be required to provide a postnatal check to all new mothers between six and eight weeks after they have given birth, under new contract changes. A total of £12 million of additional ...

New mums in England are to receive more comprehensive mental health support from their GP in the weeks after they give birth, new NHS guidance has revealed. GPs will carry out the postnatal check-up ...

Postnatal depression affects one in every ten women within a year of giving birth, however recent research from parents' charity NCT has discovered that nearly half (42%) of new mothers' mental health ...

Women who have had gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia discuss future pregnancy and lifetime cardiovascular risks during a medical review at their 6- to 8-week postnatal medical check. The ...