Media releases

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwife Shortage

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RCM Scotland welcomes increase in student midwife bursary announced today

on 09 October 2018 Today the First Minister of Scotland has announced an increase in bursaries for student midwives and nurses.

Media releases

• • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland
  • Scottish Government
  • Midwives
  • Newly Qualified Midwives

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‘Positive step for maternity services in Scotland says RCM on introduction of experienced professional practice advisors’

on 09 October 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) welcomes the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for health at the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference yesterday with regard to the introduction of experienced professional practice advisors.

Media releases

• • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Safe high quality care

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Advance to continuity of carer - RCM launches continuity of carer board game

on 05 October 2018 A board game to support midwives and maternity services to move towards more continuity of care and carer is being launched today at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Conference. Continuity of care and carer is a key element of the Better ...

Media releases

• • Domestic Abuse

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Safe Places? Workplace Support for those Experiencing Domestic Abuse

on 04 October 2018 ‘Midwives trained to recognise domestic abuse and support women, were sometimes not recognising that they themselves are victims of domestic abuse says RCM’

Media releases

• • Stillbirth

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RCM response to the publication of the AFFIRM trial in the Lancet

on 28 September 2018 The Royal College of Midwives welcomes the publication of this important cluster randomised trial today in the Lancet.  The AFFIRM trial has aimed to explore how we can reduce the number of stillbirths. Reducing stillbirths is a vital goal ...

Media releases

• • Northern Ireland
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland

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New Royal College of Midwives Northern Ireland Director

on 25 September 2018 A midwife from Belfast has been appointed as the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) new Director for Northern Ireland.

Media releases

• • Infant Feeding
  • Breastfeeding
  • Premature Birth

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RCM comments on breastmilk and pre-term babies study

on 21 September 2018 Research published today by the University of Edinburgh has found that babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula.

Media releases

• • Pregnancy and Weight Management

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Midwives repeat call for UK guidance on weight gain in pregnancy - responding to new research

on 17 September 2018 Today research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes showing that if a woman gains either too much or too little weight during pregnancy, there are adverse effects in children at 7 years ...

Media releases

• • Baby Box
  • Safe Sleep

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RCM recommends universal provision of Baby Boxes in UK

By RCM on 02 August 2018 A new Position Statement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) supports the universal provision of baby boxes in the UK. Currently baby boxes are given to all new babies in Scotland.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Prenatal Depression
  • Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Midwives
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Jama Research

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RCM comments on new JAMA research on prenatal depression

By RCM on 13 July 2018 Research published today (Friday 13th of July) by JAMA shows an increased prevalence of depression in today’s young mothers, compared with their mother’s generation giving birth to their daughters in the 1990s.