Public health is defined as “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society” (Acheson, 1988; WHO). In other words, public health seeks to identify risks to health and ...
12 February 2018
Experts have suggested new examples of language for midwives and doctors to use when addressing the women in their care and their partners.
08 March 2019
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) from Medway NHS Foundation Trust are today celebrating having scooped the Kellogg’s All- Bran Award for Midwifery Service of the Year at the Royal College Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards ...
25 March 2019
Have you ever thought about the origins of the word ‘crisis’ in our English language? We use it to describe something terrible, an intractable calamity of some kind.
But in Greek – the source of our English word – it means something different, ...
09 February 2022
The Chair of the Student Midwife Forum (SMF) and one part of the Wales representatives, Renée Bull shares what the SMF has been up to in recent months and how it continues to advocate for and amplify the voice of student members across the UK – and ...
08 April 2021
While the ongoing pandemic may place restrictions on people getting together, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is finding new ways of bringing its members together for International Day of the Midwife (IDM) on 5 May. The College is calling ...
11 January 2018
Pampers has teamed up with online card shop Moonpig to continue the #ThankYouMidwife campaign and donations to the RCM benevolent fund.