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Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust signs up to RCM’s Caring for You campaign
Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust have become the latest Trust with maternity services to sign up to The Royal College of Midwives (RCMs) Caring for You campaign.‘Midwives need more time to help women initiate and sustain breastfeeding says RCM’
RCM responds to research on financial incentives for breastfeeding by the University of Sheffield and the University of Dundee.RCM and RCOG joint statement on MBBRACE-UK report on maternal deaths
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.Royal visit and Bridget Jones actor for European midwifery conference in London
Midwives at a European midwifery conference are set to welcome a royal visitor this week, along with British actress Sally Philips, known for her roles in the Bridget Jones films and TV series Smack the Pony.‘Maternal mental health services must be right for women and in the right places with specialist midwives says RCM’
NHS England has today (Saturday November 26th) announced plans to improve mental healthcare for pregnant women in England.‘Midwives urge pregnant women to have flu vaccine’
The RCM has joined with Public Health (PHE) England and NHS England to urge pregnant women to get their free flu vaccine in over the next few weeks. The RCM says while the flu is usually a self-limiting disease for many people including pregnant ...The Duchess of Cambridge pens open letter to midwives this Christmas
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge has written an open letter to UK midwives, after spending several days with midwives and maternity support workers at Kingston Hospital’s Maternity Unit earlier this year. In the letter, the Duchess expresses ...RCM calls on governments to invest in maternity services to honour international Year of the Midwife
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on governments at home and abroad to honour the spirit of the international Year of the Midwife by investing properly in maternity services and those providing them. The RCM sees the World Health ...