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MIDIRS to transfer over to the RCM
Members of NCT have voted in favour of transferring ownership of the Midwives Information and Resource Service (MIDIRS) to the RCM.
NCT campaign reveals issues with postnatal checks
More than half of new mothers with mental health problems that they wanted to discuss did not feel able to do so at their postnatal check, according to the NCT.RCM comments on City University time of birth research
Today (7pm Thursday, 14th June) research published by City, University of London in collaboration with UCL (University College London) and the NCT analysed over five million births over a 10 year period in England.‘More midwives and training places needed to ensure Welsh maternity services are future proofed says RCM’
RCM comments on the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) latest maternity report: Support Overdue: Women’s experience of maternity services*.WI/NCT maternity report should be red flag event for Government say midwives
Today the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the NCT have published a report, saying that dangerously low staffing levels mean that half of women (50%) experience at least one red-flag event during childbirth.Concerted effort needed to improve maternal mental health care says RCM on NCT research
The results of a research to be published today (Thursday, 22nd June 2017) by the NCT shows that nearly half (42%) of new mothers’ mental health problems did not get picked up by a doctor or other health professional.
RCM says alarm bells should be ringing over postnatal check failings
Life threatening problems could get missed says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to a NCT survey on GP postnatal checks. This shows that a quarter of new mothers are not being asked about their emotional health and wellbeing at ...