02 July 2019
Today statistics on smoking have been published by NHS Digital. On smoking in pregnancy the statistics show that just under 11% of pregnant women were known to be smokers at the time of delivery in 2018-19. This is similar to the level recorded ...
29 July 2019
HRH The Princess Royal who is a patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) met with midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs), student midwives and other members of staff at The Princess Alexandra Maternity Wing on Friday (26th July), for ...
29 September 2019
Today reports say the Government has announced a new approach to NHS mental health treatment to be trialled in 12 areas of England. Reports also the Government promises around 1000 extra specialist staff with expertise in a range of mental health ...
27 September 2019
Commenting on proposals to establish legal reforms to limit the scope of the market in commissioning NHS services in England, Jon Skewes Executive Director for External Relations at the RCM said; “The RCM welcomes these sensible steps which ...
25 September 2019
The UK has a serious shortage of consultant midwives show new figures released today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The figures from a new survey of consultant midwives build on the results of a survey in 2016 by the RCM and the RCM Consultant ...
24 September 2019
A call to reintroduce the bursary for student midwives came from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Chief Executive, Gill Walton in her RCM Annual Conference opening speech in Manchester today.
23 September 2019
‘Almost half of student midwives have considered leaving their midwifery courses due to financial pressures and debt’ that’s according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) who today have published the results of a new student midwife survey.
The ...
23 September 2019
The Minster for Health and Social Services in Wales Vaughan Gething AM will tomorrow attend the first day of the Royal College of Midwives (RCMs) annual conference in Manchester.
18 September 2019
A maternity support worker (MSW) from East Lancs is the first MSW to be elected to the The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) national Board.
12 September 2019
Over the last three months in the UK almost 1,000 women and girls were identified as having been affected by Female Genital Mutilation(FGM) and today NHS England have launched a network of eight FGM support clinics across Birmingham, Bristol, ...
