Position Statements

RCM position statements reflect our organisational views on specific contemporary issues

• Abortion (June 2023)
• Reconfiguration (May 2023)
• Nurses in maternity services (October 2023)
• Racism in maternity services (October 2022)
• Preceptorship of newly qualified midwives (July 2022)
• Safer staffing (published March 2022)
• Caring for migrant women (published February 2022)
• Raising concerns (published February 2022)
• Racism in the workplace (published May 2021)
• Digital technology (published March 2021)
• Supporting midwives to address the needs of women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage (published Nov 2020)
• Complementary therapies (published December 2023)
• Perinatal women in the criminal justice system (published in 2019)
• Support to Quit Smoking in Pregnancy (published in 2019)
• Midwifery Continuity of Carer (MCOC) (published in 2018)
• Infant Feeding (published in 2018)
• Doulas (published in 2017)
• Detention of pregnant women (published in 2017)
• Violence against women and girls (published in 2015)
• Female Genital Mutilation (published in 2015)

Joint statements

Joint statements are published in partnership with other organisations, that reflect a shared viewpoint.

• Fetal Monitoring (published with the RCOG, 2017)
• Pelvic floor muscle exercises (published with the CSP, 2017)