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Give midwives the autonomy and the flexibility they need to support vulnerable women, says RCM

By Give midwives the autonomy and the flexibility they need to support vulnerable women, says RCM on 23 November 2020 A leading Royal College has called for greater support to be given to vulnerable women during pregnancy. The Royal College of Midwives has warned that, without appropriate support, women with severe and multiple disadvantage are at greater ...

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Midwives welcome clarity on caffeine in pregnancy

By Midwives welcome clarity on caffeine in pregnancy on 18 November 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed a new study undertaken by the charity Tommy’s which aimed to understand more about reducing the risk of stillbirth in the UK by reducing caffeine in pregnancy.

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Midwives fear women could feel stigmatised if mandatory alcohol screening introduced at every antenatal appointment  

By Gemma Murphy on 16 September 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to NICE quality standard proposals to include mandatory screening for alcohol at every antenatal appointment. Such measures have already been repeatedly rejected by the UK Screening ...

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  • Covid-19
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  • A-EQUIP
  • BAME

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RCM says must learn lessons from PHE COVID-19 BAME report

on 17 June 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says we must learn lessons from a Public Health England report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities published yesterday.

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• • Alcohol and pregnancy

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Study reaffirms advice to women that no level of drinking alcohol in pregnancy is safe says RCM

on 29 May 2019 Researchers have concluded that no amount of alcohol is safe to consume during pregnancy at any stage. The research team which included experts from the University of Aberdeen have studied how expectant mothers’ consumption of alcohol ...

Media releases

• • BMJ Study - British Medical Journal
  • Alcohol and pregnancy

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Best to avoid alcohol in pregnancy says RCM on new research

By RCM on 11 September 2017 Today research has been published in the inline journal BMJ Open on the effects of light or occasional drinking in pregnancy.

Media releases

• • Alcohol and pregnancy

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RCM comments on alcohol in pregnancy

By RCM on 18 May 2017 Today (Thursday, 18th May) a conference - Policing Pregnancy: Who Should be a Mother? - organised by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies (CPCS), Birthrights, and Engaging Sociology at ...

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• • Public Health
  • Alcohol and pregnancy
  • Smoking

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Need to reduce widening inequality say midwives on child health report

By RCM on 25 January 2017 Today (Thursday, 26th January 2017) the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have published its The State of Child Health report. The report says that a lack of strategic national focus and persistence of a wide gap between ...