07 March 2018
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) from NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland are celebrating having scooped the Kellogg’s All- Bran Award for Midwifery Service of the Year at the Royal College Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards ...
22 January 2018
Today (Monday January 22nd) The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) have formally launched their international partnership at the Embassy of Ireland, in London.
13 February 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has published new guidance to help midwives and their managers to better meet the needs of responding to women’s wishes for a specific midwife to be present at their birth.
06 February 2017
Maternity services in Wales must be ‘future proofed’ now as a matter or urgency warns the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it launches its annual State of Maternity Services Report 2016.
05 May 2017
One of the countries leading midwives Gill Walton has been appointed as the next Chief Executive and General Secretary of The Royal College of Midwives (RCM). She will succeed Professor Cathy Warwick who is set to retire in August.
03 May 2017
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest trust with maternity services in London to sign RCM’s Caring For You Charter.
22 June 2017
Today research published by the University of Edinburgh says that specialist antenatal clinics for severely obese mums-to-be can help cut rates of pregnancy complications, and that women who received the specialist care were eight times ...
22 June 2017
The results of a research to be published today (Thursday, 22nd June 2017) by the NCT shows that nearly half (42%) of new mothers’ mental health problems did not get picked up by a doctor or other health professional.
02 June 2017
Breastfeeding after a caesarean section may help manage pain, with mothers who breastfed their babies for at least 2 months after the operation three times less likely to experience persistent pain compared to those who breastfed for less ...
