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Position Statements


RCM position statements reflect the official organisational view on a specific contemporary issue. They are reviewed three yearly and revised as new information becomes available. 

  • Abortion Counselling PDF

  • Caring for Childbearing Prisoners PDF

  • Complementary and alternative therapies PDF

  • Domestic abuse: pregnancy, birth and the puerperium PDF 

  • Hepatitis B PDF

  • Hepatitis C PDF

  • Infant feeding PDF

  • Maternity Support Workers PDF

  • Normal childbirth PDF

  • Staffing Standard in Midwifery Services PDF

  • Smoking in public places PDF

  • Woman Centred Care PDF

  • Gps, Practice Nurses, Midwives and Maternity care: making the right use of skills PDF

  • Involvement of Non-Midwives in the Maternity care PDF


Guidance Papers provide additional guidance to a position statement, in translating principles, views and policies into application. 

  • Alcohol and Pregnancy PDF 
  • Caring for Childbearing Prisoners PDF
  • Maternity Care for Disabled Women PDF
  • Staffing Standard in Midwifery Services PDF
  • Refocusing the Role of the Midwife PDF

Positions Papers Archive - view list here

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WHEN UNSAFE SEX BECOMES 'CO-PARENTING'

It's pretty much a given these days that if you're looking for something, you can find it on the internet. But I can't help finding it disturbing that an increasing number of unregulated 'co-parenting' websites are cropping up, as reported by the Daily Mail...

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THE DARKEST SIDE OF ABORTION    

Our blogger comments on the horrific case of a US abortion clinic, which has shocked the world and highlights the tragic extent to which desperate and vulnerable women will go.

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