NHS England have written to all maternity services to outline research suggesting Delta variant is associated with increased risk of severe illness among hospitalised pregnant women, vs other variants, and highlights importance of 2 doses of vaccine to achieve high levels of protection and increasing uptake in pregnant women.
as well as ensuring that information and materials are available for women in all antenatal and primary care settings, the letter recommended that providers encourage all maternity staff to receive the protections offered by vaccination.
May data from the SIREN study suggested that while generally high (84.5%) ,midwives had the lowest rate of vaccination among health care professional groups.
Read the letter in full here
Maternity & Obstetrics 