NICE recommends inducing pregnant women one week earlier

Pregnant women should be offered induction one week earlier than the current recommendations in order to improve outcomes during birth, say draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1

Women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies should be offered induction at 41 weeks, to take place then or as soon as possible afterwards, the guidance says. The previous guideline in 2008 advised induction between 41 and 42 weeks and that women who had chosen not to be induced should be monitored after 42 weeks. Women who choose not to have induction of …