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RCM welcomes new England Women’s Health Ambassador role
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the appointment of Dame Lesley Regan as the first ever Women’s Health Ambassador for England.
Need to increase efforts to reduce smoking in pregnancy says RCM
Reducing smoking in pregnancy is a key driver in reducing stillbirth rates and more effort is needed to keep pushing smoking rates down says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as the Khan report into tobacco control is published ...
Mounting Scottish maternity service staffing shortages spark safety fears says RCM
Understaffing, staff burnout and fears they cannot provide safe care could see many midwives heading for the exit, according to a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) survey of its members in Scotland. A staggering half of respondents say they rarely ...RCM comment on the temporary pause of births at Lagan Valley Midwife Led Unit
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has temporarily closed its midwifery-led unit at Lagan Valley Hospital to births. Responding, Karen Murray, Director for Northern Ireland at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: ...
RCM response to Ockenden review into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford
Poor culture and leadership must be addressed if we are to make our maternity services the safest place to give birth. This statement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) came as the final report of the largest ever review of NHS maternity ...
National honour for senior London midwife for contribution to midwifery
One of London’s most senior midwives has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship. Nina Khazaezadeh is London’s Deputy Regional Chief Midwife and received the accolade at the RCM’s Education Conference in Coventry ...
National honour for London midwife tackling inequality and supporting South Asian community
A London midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her work supporting South Asian women and midwives, and her efforts to tackle inequality in maternity care. Nafiza Anwar is a Lead Maternal Medicine ...
Get behind our plans to deliver better maternity care for Northern Ireland’s women RCM urges politicians
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is demanding improvements in maternity care for Northern Ireland’s women in its Blueprint for better maternity care published today.
Maternity underfunding means care based on what trusts can afford not on women’s safety and needs says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling out the Government’s record on maternity funding which leaves some NHS trusts and boards basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs. Delivering the safest ...