By RCM on 22 May 2018
The importance of public health and the need to invest in it is the focus of a motion from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales at the TUC Wales Conference starting today (Tuesday, 22nd May 2018).
By RCM on 07 December 2017
A link between morning sickness indicating a healthy pregnancy, and the reason smoking is so detrimental has been found, according to a review published in the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology.
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 ...
By RCM on 18 July 2017
A report on the training needs of the maternity workforce related to tackling smoking in pregnancy has been published today by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). The report provides an analysis of the training that midwives and obstetricians ...
By RCM on 15 June 2017
The number of pregnant women in England smoking at the time of delivery has fallen according to statistics - covering April 2016 to March 2017 - published today by NHS Digital.
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 ...
