By Gemma Murphy on 12 January 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed an announcement by Patient Safety Minister Nadine Dorries that a programme of funding for maternity leadership training will be rolled out later this year.
The £500,000 fund for training ...
By Gemma Murphy on 01 January 2021
Well-led, well-resourced maternity services are at the top of midwives’ wish list for the coming year. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has set out its stall for a safe 2021, where pregnant women receive care in well-funded maternity services ...
By Gemma Murphy on 16 December 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today called for more investment and support for midwifery educators, as a new survey revealed less than a quarter (24%) felt there were enough staff in their educational organisation to enable them to ...
By Gemma Murphy on 10 December 2020
Strong leadership, challenging poor workplace culture, and ringfencing maternity funding are key to improving safety. That’s the message from two leading Royal Colleges as they respond to the independent review of maternity services at ...
on 07 December 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says that efforts to keep driving down stillbirth rates must continue, as new figures show a continued fall this year.
By Advice for health professionals providing pregnancy screening tests published on 02 December 2020
Leading Colleges have released advice for healthcare professionals to ensure they provide screening results to pregnant women and their partners in an unbiased and non-directive way, making families aware of their options and giving them ...
on 01 December 2020
Commenting on the news that the Scottish Government is to give NHS workers a £500 one-off payment, Dr Mary Ross-Davie, Director for Scotland at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "Once again Scotland is leading the way in recognising the value ...
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 ...
on 25 November 2020
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), have today issued a call to end the ‘scourge’ of domestic abuse in the UK, which affects a quarter of women and is more likely to begin and worsen ...
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 ...