Doctors not advising women to take folic acid, says survey

Irish GPs are not advising women of child-bearing age to take folic acid despite its importance in preventing neural tube defects such as Spina Bifida in children, according to a recent survey.The study by *iReach on behalf of Clonmel Healthcare was conducted among more than 400 women also found that GPs were seen as the most important sources of information when pregnant.Some 66% of respondents had never had folic acid recommended to them by their GP.Of the 34% of respondents who had been recommended to take folic acid by their GP, 70% were already pregnant at the time.Almost one in three pregnancies among the women surveyed had been unplanned pregnancies.
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