05 October 2018
A board game to support midwives and maternity services to move towards more continuity of care and carer is being launched today at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Conference. Continuity of care and carer is a key element of the Better ...
30 January 2018
The CQC’s national maternity survey 2017 published today (Tuesday 30th January) has highlighted improvements in areas such as choice of where to give birth, quality of information and access to help and support after giving birth.
02 January 2019
Today (Sunday 30th December) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock has announced a new NHS maternity package for England.
19 December 2017
Almost 50 percent (49%) of Heads of Midwifery (HOMs) from across the UK have told The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that they have had to close their maternity units at some point in the past year because they could not cope with the demand and ...
08 December 2017
New figures reveal no significant reduction in the number of women who died during or after pregnancy between 2013 and 2015, according to the latest report from MBBRACE-UK. The overall death rate in the UK is now 8.8 per 100,000.
17 October 2019
Midwives from both sides of the Irish border will join together today as the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) All Ireland Annual Midwifery Conference gets underway in Armagh..
In January ...
04 October 2019
The government has published interim guidance for healthcare professionals on abortion law in Northern Ireland.
The new guidelines cover the period from 22 October to 31 March 2020.
They set out what will happen following changes to the ...
26 March 2020
Updated guidance emphasises that pregnant women of any gestation should be offered the choice of whether to work in direct patient-facing roles during the coronavirus pandemic
Ostetricians and Gynaecologists and Women who are less than ...
