01 November 2012
This document lays out the process for developing the RCM's midwifery practice guidelines, which ensures objective, professional, quality and evidence based guidelines are available to the midwifery profession.
01 May 2014
This report continues our study by focusing on infant feeding and demonstrating how the situation could be improved through the funding of more midwives.
01 February 2017
This Q and A document gives relevant professionals and the police an understanding of the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty.
01 November 2012
This guide provides midwives with recent evidence about the impact of the mother’s emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood, and suggests the best ways to support healthy parent-infant relationships.
01 November 2018
The aim of this framework is to help Local Maternity Systems and the Maternity Transformation Programme to measure, consistently, the level of continuity of carer being provided over time, not only to monitor delivery, but also to help evaluate ...
01 February 2016
The report of the National Maternity Review in England was launched on 22nd February, runs to 124 pages and includes 28 recommendations or actions. The RCM has prepared this summary of the main findings and recommendations.
01 November 2014
This reports explores the evidence and makes a case for better provision of postnatal care – enabling midwives, maternity support workers and student midwives to give women and their families the care that they deserve.
01 August 2014
This report focuses on postnatal care planning and demonstrates how the situation could be improved through the funding of more midwives.
01 April 2016
Report of a one-day colloquium hosted by the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK April 2016.