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Media releases

• • Maternity Services
  • Midwives
  • RCM
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Government
  • Postnatal Depression
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Maternal Death

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Investing in mental health care for pregnant women saves lives says the RCM

on 02 February 2022 Lives can be saved if there is proper investment in better support for pregnant and postnatal women with mental health problems, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), following the publication of a report by the Maternal Mental ...

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• • Covid-19
  • Midwives
  • Midwifery Workforce
  • England
  • Postnatal Care
  • Postnatal Depression
  • NCT - National Childbirth Trust

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RCM says alarm bells should be ringing over postnatal check failings

on 22 April 2021 Life threatening problems could get missed says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to a NCT survey on GP postnatal checks.  This shows that a quarter of new mothers are not being asked about their emotional health and wellbeing at ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Funding
  • Maternity Safety
  • Safety
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Postnatal Care
  • Postnatal Depression
  • Wellbeing Of Women
  • BAME
  • BAME (1)
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Midwives

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Pregnant women need more mental health support says RCM

on 19 January 2021 More investment and training are needed to enable midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) to offer better mental health support for women throughout pregnancy and postnatally, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) publishing updated ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Midwifery
  • Pregnancy
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • RCM Member
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Postnatal Care
  • Postnatal Depression
  • Antenatal / Prenatal

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Midwives welcome inclusion of Perinatal Mental Health in Northern Ireland Health Action Plan

By Midwives welcome inclusion of Perinatal Mental Health in Northern Ireland Health Action Plan on 20 May 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have after years of campaigning welcomed the inclusion of perinatal mental health in Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Action Plan. Commenting, Karen Murray RCM’s Director for Northern Ireland said:

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • Safety
  • RCM
  • RCM Member
  • Safe high quality care
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Pregnancy
  • CQC - Care Quality Commission
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Postnatal Care
  • Postnatal Depression
  • Maternal Mental health

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Midwives respond to CQC annual maternity services survey

By Midwives respond to CQC annual maternity services survey on 28 January 2020 The majority of women who gave birth in February last year had confidence and trust in staff and felt they were always listened to by midwives and received appropriate advice at the start of labour, that’s according to a national maternity survey ...

Media releases

• • Postnatal Depression
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC

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Call for better support for women with PND from RCM responding to research

on 07 November 2018 Today the University of Kent has released the results of research into postnatal depression (PND). The research found the odds of developing PND increased by 79% when mothers had baby boys compared to baby girls.