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Ágnes Geréb receives presidential pardon

04 July 2018 Hungarian home birth midwife Ágnes Geréb has received a pardon from the president of Hungary János Áder.

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• • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Home Birth

Supporting

Dorset midwives named WaterWipes team of the year at RCM’s Annual Midwifery Awards

13 March 2019 Midwives from a specialist NHS Homebirth Team at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation trust are celebrating having been named the ‘WaterWipes team of the year’ at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards 2019.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Maternity Services
  • Home Birth

Promoting

Appropriate Skills and Appropriate Places course

03 September 2018 In rural mid Wales, midwives have developed realistic ‘skills and drills’ training for home-birth emergencies with no obstetric support. Shelly Jones and Dr Marie Lewis explain how.

RCM Opinion

• • Research
  • Student midwives
  • Home Birth
  • Midwives Magazine

Influencing

Research: What was the impact on home birth rates of a dedicated service?

25 May 2018 The Birthplace study provided the catalyst for a dedicated home birth service (HBS) at a large urban teaching hospital.

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• • Stillbirth
  • Home Birth
  • Public Health
  • Low Birthweight

Influencing

Need to do even better says RCM on stillbirth statistics

16 October 2017 Today the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published statistics on births, including home births and stillbirth rates. Commenting on the statistics, Louise Silverton, Director for Midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives, said: ...

Media releases

• • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Emma's Diary
  • Multiple Birth
  • Home Birth

Promoting

Joy for Wishaw General Hospital Midwife Maureen McSherry wins Scotland’s Emma’s Diary Mums Midwife of the Year 2019

06 February 2019 Nominated by local mum Laura Abbott, Maureen McSherry has been honoured as Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2019 for the Scottish region.

Media releases

• • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Emma's Diary
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Home Birth

Promoting

Midwife Kelly Sawyer wins London’s ‘Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2019’

06 February 2019 Nominated by local mum Kasia DiMaria, Kelly Sawyer has been honoured as Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2019 for the London region. The prestigious award is one of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards, recognising ...

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• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • Midwives
  • Director For Midwifery
  • Home Birth
  • Midwifery Workforce
  • Antenatal / Prenatal
  • Postnatal Care

Influencing

RCM plea: Help us deliver safe care for pregnant women

29 March 2020 The Royal College of Midwives has today made a plea to NHS leaders to protect the safety of pregnant women by ringfencing maternity services in the current crisis.

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• • Midwives
  • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwifery
  • NHS
  • NHS Wales
  • NHS England
  • Community Midwives
  • Health Select Committee
  • Pregnancy
  • Home Birth
  • Postnatal Care

Influencing

New RCM survey reveals more than half of midwives do not feel safe carrying out home visits

30 April 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says it is concerned for its members’ safety following a survey which found that over half of midwives do not feel safe carrying out home visits. Almost all of those who felt unsafe – a staggering 99% - cited fears ...