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• • Midwifery
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  • Public Health
  • RCM
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  • Wellbeing Of Women
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  • Stillbirth
  • BAME
  • Equality and Diversity

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Maternity Colleges welcome latest MBRRACE-UK report

on 14 October 2021 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives have welcomed the latest MBRRACE report released today, which looks at the rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths during 2019.

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• • Covid-19
  • NHS Staff
  • Maternity Services
  • maternity safety
  • Safety
  • NHS Funding
  • Funding
  • Midwives
  • Stillbirth
  • Stillbirth Report
  • Intrapartum care
  • BAME
  • Pregnancy

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RCM responds to HSIB report into intrapartum stillbirths during COVID-19

on 16 September 2021 The pandemic has had a significant and detrimental impact on many aspects of healthcare, including maternity care the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said in response to a new report into stillbirths during COVID-19 by the Healthcare Safety ...

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• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • Safety
  • Stillbirth
  • Stillbirth Report
  • Pregnancy
  • Alcohol and pregnancy
  • Safe high quality care
  • Mary Ross Davie

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Midwives welcome clarity on caffeine in pregnancy

By Midwives welcome clarity on caffeine in pregnancy on 18 November 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed a new study undertaken by the charity Tommy’s which aimed to understand more about reducing the risk of stillbirth in the UK by reducing caffeine in pregnancy.

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• • Midwifery
  • Safe high quality care
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • MBRRACE
  • Stillbirth
  • Neonatal Death
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Safety

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‘Must do everything possible to prevent perinatal deaths says RCM on MBRRACE report’

By ‘Must do everything possible to prevent perinatal deaths says RCM on MBRRACE report’ on 04 October 2019 The latest MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report for UK Perinatal Deaths for Births has been published this week (Thursday 10th of September). This is the fifth MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report ad provides ...

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• • Pregnancy
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Stillbirth

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‘RCM responds to new research on risks to diabetic pregnant women’

on 30 July 2019 Diabetic women are more than four times more likely to have a stillborn baby than those without the condition, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Glasgow looked at the records of nearly 4,000 Scottish diabetic mothers.

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• • Maternal Sleeping Position
  • Stillbirth

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Midwives comment on maternal sleeping position

on 08 April 2019 Today, TAMBA - the twins and multiple births charity - published the findings of its Maternity Engagement project which has supported maternity units to implement NICE standards concerning multiple pregnancy.

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• • 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 ...

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• • RCM
  • Child Mortality
  • Stillbirth
  • Report
  • England
  • Wales
  • Maternity Services
  • ONS Report
  • Infant Mortality

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RCM responds to infant mortality report released today by ONS

By RCM on 14 March 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to a new report on infant mortality published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

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• • NHS Digital
  • Induction
  • Caesarean Section
  • Stillbirth
  • Smoking

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Need more information on rise in inductions and caesareans says RCM

By RCM on 10 November 2017 Today figures released by NHS Digital show that the proportion of pregnant women having a spontaneous labour has decreased over the past year. Over the same time, the proportion of caesareans undertaken before the onset of labour has also ...

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• • Study
  • Smoking
  • Stillbirth
  • Budget Cuts

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‘Completely counter productive' says RCM on cuts to local smoking cessation services

By RCM on 20 October 2017 A new study published today by ASH has shown the extent at which local services have had to cut their stop smoking budgets.