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• • Maternity Services
  • Midwifery
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  • Pregnancy
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  • NHS
  • NHS Staff

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RCM welcomes call from Duchess for more support for new parents

By Gemma Murphy on 27 November 2020 The Royal College (RCM) has welcomed the Duchess of Cambridge's call for more support for new parents. The college says the results of The Royal Foundations early years survey which will add to the growing body of evidence that tackling ...

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• • NHS Staff
  • Maternity Services
  • Midwifery
  • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • Public Health

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RCM Scotland calls for resources to be targeted at most vulnerable pregnant women

on 25 November 2020 We must target resources towards Scotland’s most vulnerable pregnant women says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to new Scottish hospital birth statistics.  The RCM also says a national effort is needed to tackle deprivation ...

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• • RCM
  • Midwifery
  • Awards
  • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Infant Feeding
  • Breastfeeding
  • Public Health

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Kent midwives wins national award for ‘liquid gold’ breastmilk project

on 08 May 2020 Two Kent midwives who increased the collection and use of antenatal breastmilk have won the JOHNSON’S® Excellence in Maternity Care and Innovation Award in the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Awards

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• • Midwives
  • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS Staff
  • Public Health England
  • Public Health
  • PHE - Public Health England
  • Healthcare Professionals

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National guidance on managing coronavirus infection in pregnancy published

on 09 March 2020 Guidance for healthcare professionals on managing coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy has been published today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Paediatrics ...

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• • RCM
  • NHS Staff
  • NHS
  • Good Health
  • Public Health
  • Postnatal Care

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Recipe for poorer not better child health says RCM on iHV report

on 20 February 2020 The Royal College of Midwives is calling for investment in midwives and other staff supporting better child health. The call comes as the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) publishes the findings of their annual survey of health visitors in ...

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• • NHS
  • NHS Funding
  • Revalidation
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Abortion
  • Public Health
  • Reproductive Health
  • Health and social care
  • Prevention
  • Women
  • Women's Rights

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Need integrated services putting women at the centre of care says RCM on report on women’s health

By Need integrated services putting women at the centre of care says RCM on report on women’s health on 02 December 2019 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 ...

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• • Midwifery
  • Student midwives
  • NMC - Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Safety
  • Safe high quality care
  • Consultations
  • Education
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Multi Disciplinary Working
  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Public Health
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Midwifery and nursing degree

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About safest and best possible care says RCM on new NMC Future Midwife Standards

on 04 October 2019 Yesterday the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) approved new Standards of proficiency for midwives and Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes. The RCM has been actively engaged with the NMC on the development of these standards.

Media releases

• • Smoking
  • Public Health

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Cuts to stop smoking services fly in face of Government stillbirth ambitions says RCM on new report

on 15 March 2019 Today a report from Action on Smoking and Health and Cancer Research UK says that Government cuts to public health budgets mean that only half of local authorities offer all smokers the best support to quit.

Media releases

• • Breastfeeding
  • Public Health

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RCM calls for return of Infant Feeding Survey responding to child health report

on 22 January 2019 Today the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has published a new report - State of Child Health: Two Years On.Commenting on the report, Clare Livingstone, Professional Advisor at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "This is ...

Media releases

• • Public Health

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RCM concerned at new public health cuts figures

on 20 September 2018 Figures released today from the Labour party say that 85% of councils are reducing public health budgets this year as cuts hit services.