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• • TUC
  • RCM
  • Midwives
  • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation

RCM wins best member communication at TUC awards

10 July 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is today celebrating having scooped ‘Best Digital Member Communication’ at the TUC’s Annual Communications Awards.

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• • RCM
  • Midwives
  • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation
  • NHS Digital

RCM comments on annual FGM statistics from NHS Digital

09 July 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to an annual report published by NHS Digital on Female genital mutilation (FGM) for 2017/18.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Midwives
  • Great Tapestry Of Scotland
  • Scotland

New Great Tapestry of Scotland panel created by the RCM unveiled at exhibition in Scotland

26 June 2018 A new tapestry panel created by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been exhibited for the first time at the New Lanark World Heritage site in Scotland.

Media releases

• • MBRRACE
  • Stillbirth Report
  • Midwives
  • Neonatal Death

Improving data collection and sharing safety strategies key to reducing stillbirth rate says RCM on MBRRACE report

14 June 2018 Today (Friday June 15th) the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to the MBRRACE- UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report for births in 2016.

Media releases

• • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation
  • Wales
  • Midwives

Influencing

‘A major step in the campaign to stop FGM in Wales’ says RCM on opening of first specialist FGM clinic in Wales

02 May 2018 This week, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) has launched Wales’s first Specialist Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Pilot Clinic. The specialist service known as the ‘Women’s Wellbeing Clinic’ will be open to all females affected ...

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• • Midwives
  • IDM - International Day of the Midwife
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

Supporting

Calling all midwives and MSWs to celebrate International Day of The Midwife 2018

16 March 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling all midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs) and student midwives to get involved and celebrate this year’s International Day of the Midwife (IDM) 2018.

Media releases

• • Student midwives
  • Midwives
  • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Pregnacare

Influencing

Midwife from Sheffield Hallam University named ‘Pregnacare student midwife of the year’

13 March 2018 A student midwife from Sheffield Hallam University has been named Pregnacare® Student Midwife of the Year at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards 2018.

Media releases

• • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Midwives
  • RCM Wales
  • Emma's Diary

Influencing

Welsh midwife named Mums’ Midwife of the Year at RCM Annual Midwifery Awards

08 March 2018 Sarah Spencer, a midwife from the University Hospital of Wales, has been awarded the Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2018. Sarah was nominated by mum Elouise King for the amazing support she provided during Elouise’s surrogacy journey. ...

Media releases

• • NMC - Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Midwives
  • Regulation
  • Midwifery Committee

Supporting

‘Success’ as RCM secures protection to maintain midwifery voice within the NMC

25 January 2017 Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) was an observer at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) meeting where they agreed proposals for ensuring that the NMC and its Council are aware of and understand midwifery matters as they relate to ...

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• • Maternity Services
  • Midwives
  • Safety
  • Politics

Supporting

Copeland by-election candidates support RCM calls for the retention of consultant-led maternity unit at Whitehaven’

21 February 2017 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has garnered support for the retention of consultant led maternity services at West Cumberland Hospital (WCH) in Whitehaven from across the political spectrum ahead of the Copeland by-election next week.