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 02 November 2017
A new report published today by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) shows the number of midwives and nurses leaving the NMC register.
By RCM on 01 November 2017
The quality of maternity care for women can be improved through better continuity of carer says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) launching an updated publication on continuity of midwifery care today.
By RCM on 01 November 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today officially launched Maternity Support Worker Month on day two of its Annual Conference in Manchester Central.
By RCM on 31 October 2017
“The relationships we form in the workplace are the key to safety in our maternity services”, the comment came from The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) new Chief Executive Gill Walton in her opening address to delegates at RCM’s Annual Conference ...
By RCM on 30 October 2017
Research on links between breastfeeding and the bonding benefits has been published today by the American Psychological Association. Commenting on the research, Clare Livingstone, Professional Policy Advisor at the Royal College of Midwives, ...
By RCM on 27 October 2017
NHS spending on midwifery agency, bank staff and overtime in the UK has reached over £97 million in 2016 says a report published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
By RCM on 27 October 2017
The NHS should not employ doulas and they should be directly commissioned by women, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a new position statement on doulas published today.
