Media releases

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Women
  • Wellbeing Of Women
  • Women's Choice
  • Caffeine

Influencing

RCM comments on new research on caffeine intake in pregnancy

on 24 August 2020 Commenting on new research published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine tonight, Dr Mary Ross-Davie, the Royal College of Midwives, Director for Scotland, said: “Current NHS guidance on caffeine in pregnancy says that women should limit their ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Midwives
  • Waterbirth
  • Pain relief
  • Research
  • Women's Choice

Influencing

Women should get birth pain relief that is right for them says  RCM on new research

on 21 July 2020 Women should get the pain relief that is right for them says the Royal College of Midwives responding to new research on pain relief in childbirth.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Abortion
  • Women's Rights
  • Women
  • Women's Choice
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Influencing

RCOG/RCM joint statement response to management of early medical abortions during Covid-19 outbreak

on 24 March 2020 We are disappointed by the Government’s decision not to allow home-use of mifepristone, the first drug used for early medical abortion in unprecedented circumstances , says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • Women
  • Women's Choice
  • Midwifery
  • RCM CEO

Influencing

‘RCM CEO receives Honorary Degree from University of West London’

By ‘RCM CEO receives Honorary Degree from University of West London’ on 03 December 2019 Gill Walton Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been recognised with an honorary degree from the University of West London (UWL). The honour comes as recognition for her midwifery leadership ...

Media releases

• • Safety
  • Induction
  • Women's Choice

Putting women at centre of care says RCM publishing induction of labour guidance for midwives

on 10 October 2019 New guidance for midwives around induction of labour (IOL) has been published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The guidance has been developed by a team at the University of Nottingham.

Media releases

• • Caesarean Section
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Women's Choice
  • NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Promoting

Midwives will support women’s choice says RCM on global caesarean study in Lancet

on 11 October 2018 Today, research published in The Lancet shows that globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12% to 21% of all births.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Infant Feeding
  • Breastfeeding
  • Midwives
  • Postnatal Care
  • Position Statement
  • Women's Choice

Influencing

RCM publishes new position statement on infant feeding

By RCM on 11 June 2018 ‘The decision of whether or not to breastfeed is a woman’s choice and must be respected’, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has confirmed today as it publishes a new position statement on infant feeding.

Media releases

• • Abortion
  • RCM
  • Northern Ireland
  • Women's Choice

Influencing

RCM on abortion in Northern Ireland

By RCM on 31 May 2018 In light of the result of the abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland, woman in Northern Ireland now endure one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.

Media releases

• • NHS
  • Women's Choice
  • Midwives
  • RCM
  • Position Statement
  • Doulas
  • Immigrant Women
  • Detention Centres
  • RCM Annual Conference

Influencing

Use of doulas and detention of immigrant pregnant women on agenda at RCM conference

By RCM on 27 October 2017 The NHS should not employ doulas and they should be directly commissioned by women, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a new position statement on doulas published today.

Media releases

• • Women's Choice
  • Dilemma Debate
  • Better Births Initiative
  • Maternity Services

Supporting

‘Equality for all choice for some? asks the RCM at its annual Dilemma Debate’

By RCM on 28 June 2017 Tonight the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will host its Annual Dilemma Debate. This years debate is entitled; Equality for all choice for some? Are pressures on healthcare exacerbating the inverse care law?