29 November 2021
Pregnancy is a time of heightened vulnerability to domestic abuse, not because it is necessarily more prevalent, but because it may start or become more severe antenatally.
07 July 2021
Several new recommendations from the updated draft 2021 NICE guideline on induction on labour have caused concerns in the midwifery community. In particular, the implication of those recommendations on service provision, midwifery workforce, ...
17 September 2021
On World Patient Safety Day, Executive Director Midwife Birte Harlev-Lam and Director for Professional Midwifery Dr Mary Ross-Davie reflect on what the RCM is doing to support improvements in maternity safety.
14 July 2021
Recognising that people make errors and designing systems to reduce the chances of this happening will improve maternity safety, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) publishing the third instalment in its Solution Series.
12 July 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for caution, flexibility and understanding from employers and the public once most pandemic related restrictions are removed.
04 October 2021
Midwives are being driven out of the NHS by understaffing and fears they can’t deliver safe care to women in the current system, according to a new survey of its members by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
09 September 2021
More than a decade of under-investment and an over-reliance on committed staff has been brutally exposed by the pandemic, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
16 November 2021
A midwife who leads a Welsh national training programme to improve maternity care and safety has been named Wales Midwife of the Year by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Sarah Hookes works for NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. She received ...
26 January 2022
It is more important than ever that we encourage and support pregnant women to have the COVID vaccination says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as new research shows that in the UK 98 per cent of women admitted to critical care were ...
11 August 2022
Maternity services should be welcoming and accessible to all those who need them – and all those who work in them. Over recent months, the RCM has been developing its position on inclusion, to ensure that the language we use reflects this. This, ...