31 May 2018
In light of the result of the abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland, woman in Northern Ireland now endure one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.
22 June 2017
Today (Thursday, 22nd June) a report from MBRACE-UK finds that the stillbirth rate in the UK has reduced by almost 8% over the period 2013 to 2015. A current Government ambition is to halve the rates of stillbirth and neonatal death in England ...
20 June 2017
Today, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ (RCOG) has published its annual report from its Each Baby Counts initiative. The report identifies adherence to best practice on fetal monitoring as the key to reducing baby deaths ...
26 July 2017
The Supreme Court today has ruled that workplace tribunal fees are unlawful. The Government will now have to repay thousands of workers who had paid for cases surrounding discrimination, unfair dismissal and other work place issues.
29 August 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today (Tuesday August 29th) begun to highlight an upcoming series of short animated films on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across social media.
14 August 2017
The position of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on normal birth has been the subject of much attention and discussion in recent days, including in the media. This was as a result of a front page story in The Times on 12 August. This statement ...
04 September 2017
Gill Walton from today (Monday September 4th) takes the reins as leader of the UK’s only professional association and trade union for midwives, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
16 October 2017
New analysis by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that midwives will be thousands of pounds worse off a year by 2022 despite the Government scrapping the public sector pay cap.
