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Influencing

Report highlights ‘striking’ inequalities in UK maternal deaths

02 November 2018 Maternal deaths are not evenly spread across the UK population, the latest MBRRACE-UK report finds.

News

• • Smoking
  • Report
  • Obesity
  • Induction
  • NHS

Influencing

Proportion of induced labours rise

26 October 2018 New maternity figures show that there has been a rise in the proportion of induced labours in NHS hospitals.

News

• • Report
  • Maternity Services
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
  • State of Maternity Services Report

Supporting

Smoking and obesity highlighted in Welsh maternity report

06 November 2018 The number of midwives registered to work in the UK continues to rise with a modest year on year increase in the last five years, NMC figures show.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Midwives
  • Birthrights
  • Report
  • Physiological Birth

Supporting

RCM responds to BirthRights report on maternal request for caesarean section

20 August 2018 Birthrights has today (Tuesday 20th August) published the results of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on maternal request for caesarean section.

Media releases

• • Breastfeeding
  • UNICEF
  • Report
  • Women
  • Midwives

Influencing

Breastfeeding must be a public health priority says RCM on new UNICEF report

11 May 2018 A new report by UNICEF has highlighted global “breastfeeding gaps” between rich and poor and shows UK breastfeeding rates amongst the lowest in the world.

Media releases

• • NCT - National Childbirth Trust
  • Report
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • Pregnancy
  • Women's Institute

Influencing

‘More midwives and training places needed to ensure Welsh maternity services are future proofed says RCM’

16 January 2017 RCM comments on the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) latest maternity report: Support Overdue: Women’s experience of maternity services*.

Media releases

• • NHS Scotland
  • RCM
  • Midwives
  • Staffing Levels
  • Mary Ross Davie
  • Report

Influencing

‘NHS Scotland must value its staff and listen when they say they are at breaking point says RCM’

27 July 2017 A report* released today by Audit Scotland has said that Scotland’s government and health boards have failed to plan effectively for long-term staffing challenges.

Media releases

• • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Report
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Maternal Mental health

Promoting

RCM launches new report ‘Every mother must get the help they need’

18 July 2017 Today (Wednesday 19th of July) The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has published a new report entitled; Every mother must get the help they need*.

Media releases

• • Report
  • Maternal Death
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • Government
  • MBRRACE

Influencing

‘Some progress but not enough’ on maternal deaths says RCM on new report

05 December 2016 Today the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford has published the latest report on maternal deaths in the UK, ‘Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2016’.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Child Mortality
  • Stillbirth
  • Report
  • England
  • Wales
  • Maternity Services
  • ONS Report
  • Infant Mortality

Influencing

RCM responds to infant mortality report released today by ONS

14 March 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to a new report on infant mortality published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).