By RCM on 20 August 2018
Birthrights has today (Tuesday 20th August) published the results of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on maternal request for caesarean section.
By RCM on 17 August 2018
Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland (RCM) accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change staff pay.
By RCM on 14 August 2018
A midwife member of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has won compensation of almost £5000 at a tribunal over indirect sex discrimination by One-to-One Midwives (North West), her former employer.
By RCM on 02 August 2018
A new Position Statement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) supports the universal provision of baby boxes in the UK. Currently baby boxes are given to all new babies in Scotland.
By RCM on 31 July 2018
Today (Wednesday 1st August) marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2018 and this year the theme is ‘Foundation of Life’.
By RCM on 30 July 2018
The Scottish Government have today pledged to help support mothers in Scotland to breastfeed for longer through a £2 million pound investment programme.
By RCM on 13 July 2018
Research published today (Friday 13th of July) by JAMA shows an increased prevalence of depression in today’s young mothers, compared with their mother’s generation giving birth to their daughters in the 1990s.
