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RCM calls for greater investment in Welsh maternity services
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the progress in making maternity services in Wales safer and better but says there is still work to be done to ensure world-class maternity care. The RCM’s comments come as Healthcare Inspectorate ...Midwives welcome clarity on caffeine in pregnancy
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed a new study undertaken by the charity Tommy’s which aimed to understand more about reducing the risk of stillbirth in the UK by reducing caffeine in pregnancy.RCM Scotland calls for resources to be targeted at most vulnerable pregnant women
We must target resources towards Scotland’s most vulnerable pregnant women says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to new Scottish hospital birth statistics. The RCM also says a national effort is needed to tackle deprivation ...More renew than review – but welcome nonetheless
The role of the midwife in helping to determine the future could not be clearer. The life chances of a child hinge on the first 1001 days from conception, so the evidence shows. The Leadsom Review outlines ambitions to give every baby the best start ...RCM response to the publication of the AFFIRM trial in the Lancet
The Royal College of Midwives welcomes the publication of this important cluster randomised trial today in the Lancet. The AFFIRM trial has aimed to explore how we can reduce the number of stillbirths. Reducing stillbirths is a vital goal ...‘Midwives and MSWs scoop Lansinoh award for team of the year at RCM’s annual awards ceremony’
A team of midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) from Sussex have received one of the UK’s top midwifery awards at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards 2017.RCM announces RCM Board election results
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.Better pregnancy mental health care, stopping NHS migrant charging and concerns over no deal Brexit in RCM motions to TUC Congress
At this week’s TUC Congress the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for better perinatal mental health care and to suspend NHS charging for migrant women.
Strong, effective midwifery leadership key to better, safer maternity care RCM midwifery leadership manifesto launched
Everyone agrees we must strive to make NHS maternity care the best and the safest it can be. It’s important. Hundreds of thousands of babies are born each year, making childbirth one of the most common reasons for admission to hospital and our ...