on 10 October 2019
New guidance for midwives around induction of labour (IOL) has been published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The guidance has been developed by a team at the University of Nottingham.
on 28 March 2019
A midwife from Anuerin Bevan University Health Board in Wales has scooped one of the UK’s top midwifery awards at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards 2019.
By RCM on 15 November 2017
A new study published in PLOS Medicine has found that inducing first-time mothers aged 35 and over at 40 weeks could reduce the risk of stillbirth and neonatal deaths when compared to current guidelines which recommend induction of labour between ...
By RCM on 10 November 2017
Today figures released by NHS Digital show that the proportion of pregnant women having a spontaneous labour has decreased over the past year. Over the same time, the proportion of caesareans undertaken before the onset of labour has also ...