By RCM on 01 June 2017
Seven new midwives have joined the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) board following board elections. Two existing board members have also been re-elected to the RCM Board. The new Board take up their roles on 1st September 2017.
By RCM on 30 May 2017
Research from the University of British Columbia, Canada and colleagues in PLOS Medicine to be published today suggests that older mothers have higher rates of severe complications in childbirth.
By RCM on 30 May 2017
Better outcomes for pregnant women tops the list of five ‘asks’ in the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Manifesto for the upcoming UK General Election, published today.
By RCM on 26 May 2017
A team of midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) from Airedale NHS Foundation trust have won a national pedometer challenge organised by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
By RCM on 19 May 2017
Ashford’s William Harvey Maternity Unit is working with the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) to enhance the support available for midwives and maternity colleagues. The unit is part of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
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 ...
By RCM on 17 May 2017
Today new research published in European Respiratory Journal indicates that breastfeeding could play a role in preventing wheezing in the first year of life. Researchers studied 2773 infants from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal ...
By RCM on 17 May 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual Zepherina Veitch Memorial Lecture will this year be delivered by RCM’s President, Professor Lesley Page CBE.
By RCM on 14 May 2017
Commenting on the result of the RCN’s survey about pay restraint Jon Skewes the RCM’s director of policy, employment relations and communications said: “NHS staff have now seen seven years of pay restraint and with at least another three years ...
By RCM on 11 May 2017
Today, the Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) from each of the four countries of the UK, supported by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), have come together to set out what professionalism means for nurses and midwives in a new document ‘Enabling ...
