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Sands launches bereavement support app

21 September 2018 Stillbirth and neonatal death charity Sands has launched an innovative new app to support bereaved parents, families and professionals in the UK.

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• • MBRRACE
  • Stillbirth
  • Neonatal Death
  • Intrapartum care

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Latest report launched by MBRRACE-UK

29 November 2017 The third Perinatal Confidential Enquiry report issued by the MBRRACE-UK collaboration has been published.

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

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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: ...

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• • Pregnancy
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Stillbirth

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‘RCM responds to new research on risks to diabetic pregnant women’

30 July 2019 Diabetic women are more than four times more likely to have a stillborn baby than those without the condition, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Glasgow looked at the records of nearly 4,000 Scottish diabetic mothers.

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• • Secretary of State for Health
  • Stillbirth
  • Neonatal Death
  • Premature Birth
  • Safety

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Government drive to cut stillbirths

28 November 2017 The secretary of state for health Jeremy Hunt has set out plans to improve maternity safety with more rigorous investigation.

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• • Study
  • Smoking
  • Stillbirth
  • Budget Cuts

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‘Completely counter productive' says RCM on cuts to local smoking cessation services

20 October 2017 A new study published today by ASH has shown the extent at which local services have had to cut their stop smoking budgets.

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• • NHS Digital
  • Induction
  • Caesarean Section
  • Stillbirth
  • Smoking

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Need more information on rise in inductions and caesareans says RCM

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 ...

Media releases

• • Maternal Sleeping Position
  • Labour
  • Stillbirth
  • Safe Sleep
  • Midwives
  • Better Births Initiative

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‘Position is important even for healthy pregnant women with no risk factors say midwives on new study’

21 November 2016 RCM comments on new research which indicates lying on your back while giving birth could increase your chance of stillbirth.

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• • RCM
  • Child Mortality
  • Stillbirth
  • Report
  • England
  • Wales
  • Maternity Services
  • ONS Report
  • Infant Mortality

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RCM responds to infant mortality report released today by ONS

14 March 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to a new report on infant mortality published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

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• • Midwifery
  • Safe high quality care
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • MBRRACE
  • Stillbirth
  • Neonatal Death
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Safety

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‘Must do everything possible to prevent perinatal deaths says RCM on MBRRACE report’

04 October 2019 The latest MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report for UK Perinatal Deaths for Births has been published this week (Thursday 10th of September). This is the fifth MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report ad provides ...