All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D

Free vitamins for all pregnant women in Scotland from tomorrow March 30, 2017

• "ALL pregnant women in Scotland will receive free vitamins on the NHS from tomorrow [Sat] as Scotland becomes the first nation in the UK to switch to universal provision."

• "The scheme means all expectant mothers will be prescribed the recommended dosages of vitamin C, D and folic acid regardless of their income."

VitaminDWiki

UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce - Nov 2014 only 400 IU

400 IU should result in a decrease in Rickets, but not much else

• Don’t be pregnant in Scotland – March 2013

• Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland - Jan 2012

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Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

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See also web

• https://scotsneedvitamind.com/why-we-need-vitamin-d/pregnancy/ pregnant Scots need 6,000 IU, not 400

• https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/for-health-professionals/vitamins/vitamins-in-scotland

• Do I qualify for Healthy Start? (before April 2017)

  • At least 10 weeks pregnant
  • Low income/poor
  • If both poor and > 10 weeks, then still have to fill out a form to get a voucher
    • Note: Govt does not give Folic acid until 10 weeks into pregnancy, but Folic ceases helping at 12 weeks
      • Note: Vitamin D is 100X better than folic acid during pregnancy - that is, with 6,000 IU of Vitamin D