Media releases

Media releases

• • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation

Promoting

New Scotland FGM Bill welcome but disappointed no mandatory reporting says RCM

on 30 May 2019 Today the Scottish Government has announced that women and girls considered at risk from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will receive enhanced protection under proposals in a new Bill. Commenting, Emma Currer, National Officer for ...

Media releases

• • Alcohol and pregnancy

Influencing

Study reaffirms advice to women that no level of drinking alcohol in pregnancy is safe says RCM

on 29 May 2019 Researchers have concluded that no amount of alcohol is safe to consume during pregnancy at any stage. The research team which included experts from the University of Aberdeen have studied how expectant mothers’ consumption of alcohol ...

Media releases

• • Caring For You campaign
  • NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Wellbeing Of Women

Promoting

RCM comments on NICE draft guidance on Workplace health

on 28 May 2019 NICE has issued draft guidance on workplace health that focusses on long-term sickness absence and capability to work. This is a partial update to the 2009 guideline on workplace health (PH19). The new recommendations emphasise that health ...

Media releases

• • IDM - International Day of the Midwife

Supporting

RCM announces winner of its annual cake competition

on 15 May 2019 A cake featuring a baby sleeping in a flower has been announced today as the winner of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual International Day of the Midwife (IDM) cake competition.

Media releases

• • Bereavement Care
  • Midwives
  • NHS

Supporting

RCM joins calls for roll out of trial project delivering better bereavement care

on 10 May 2019 Today (Friday, 10th May 2019) a report has been published on the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP), a project to improve the quality of care that bereaved families receive when their baby dies.

Media releases

• • Staffing Levels
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwifery

Supporting

Moving in right direction but some concerns says RCM on new statistics on midwife numbers

on 10 May 2019 The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published statistics showing that the number of midwives registered to work in the UK continues to increase. They also publish the results of a survey showing that many midwives and nurses leave their ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • Maternity Services
  • Scottish Government

Promoting

Best Start needs resources and staffing says RCM on Scottish Parliament debate on maternity

on 08 May 2019 A Scottish Parliamentary debate today focused on the Best Start programme, the Scottish Government’s plan for maternity services.

Media releases

• • Pregnancy and Weight Management

Promoting

Important to be a healthy weight throughout pregnancy says RCM’

on 08 May 2019 A new studied published by JAMA has found that the more a woman weighed at the start of her pregnancy, the more likely she was to experience complications such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and pre-term birth.

Media releases

• • Royal Family

Promoting

RCM comment on birth of Royal baby

on 06 May 2019 The Duke of Sussex has announced that the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a baby boy.

Media releases

• • Staffing Levels
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwifery

Promoting

RCM welcomes first UK Safe Staffing law to include midwives in Scotland

on 03 May 2019 Legislation to enshrine safe staffing levels across health and social care services has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament yesterday.