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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 ...Midwives unable to complete crucial training further highlights need to address midwife shortage
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said findings that show midwives are undertaking training in their own time further shows the impact that midwife shortages are causing to staff across NHS maternity services. A survey by baby loss ...
Maternity colleges urge pregnant women to have flu and Covid-19 vaccines this winter
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) are urging all pregnant women and people to have the flu and COVID-19 vaccines to offer themselves and their babies the best protection from ...Staff shortages adversely impacts quality of care and staff wellbeing
RCM delegates at this week’s TUC Women’s Conference have called on our sister unions to back a campaign to ensure that maternity workforce planning is based on the needs of women, babies and families and that this should be reinforced with a national ...Need integrated services putting women at the centre of care says RCM on report on women’s health
Today the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published a report ‘Better for Women’. The report calls for better joined up services and emphasises the need for national strategies to meet the needs of girls and women ...‘Exceptional times’ mean how we deliver some maternity services in Northern Ireland will change
‘It’s necessary to look at how we deliver all parts of the health service to ensure that we can provide care for those with Covid-19 while continuing to provide safe maternity care to women and their babies’ that’s the message from the Royal College ...
RCM honours its ‘Midwives’ Midwife’ of the Year with national award
A midwife from St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals has become the first ever recipient of the new Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Award ‘NMC Midwives’ Midwife of the Year as they award outstanding members at their virtual Annual Midwifery ...Midwives welcome inclusion of Perinatal Mental Health in Northern Ireland Health Action Plan
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:RCM calls for ‘swift implementation’ of NHS England action plan to support BAME pregnant women
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today called for swift implementation of an action plan announced by NHS England to provide additional support for Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) pregnant women.