on 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 ...
on 24 June 2019
Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, Gill Walton, made a three-day visit to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly last week, finding out about the progress the Royal Cornwall Hospital's midwifery team has been ...
on 24 June 2019
The RCM is supporting calls from the Institute of Health Visiting (IHV) on the Government to act to reverse cuts to the health visiting workforce in England. The IHV position statement published today, comes in the wake of news this week of a threatened ...
on 19 June 2019
A midwife from Birmingham has received a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for her contribution to midwifery. Sara Kenyon, Professor of Evidence Based Maternity Care at the University of Birmingham has received a prestigious ...
on 19 June 2019
The Nursing and Midwifery Council along with eight other health and care regulators has published a joint statement to stress the benefits and importance of good reflection among professionals.
on 19 June 2019
Today the Welsh Government has announced that it will maintain bursaries for those electing to study an eligible health related programme, including midwifery. This arrangement is intended to be in place for those electing to study an eligible ...
on 14 June 2019
A midwife from West Kingsdown has received a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for her contribution to midwifery. Dianne Garland a midwife who now runs her own midwifery consultancy company has received a prestigious ...
on 30 May 2019
Today the Scottish Government has announced that women and girls considered at risk from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will receive enhanced protection under proposals in a new Bill.
Commenting, Emma Currer, National Officer for Scotland ...
on 28 May 2019
NICE has issued draft guidance on workplace health that focusses on long-term sickness absence and capability to work. This is a partial update to the 2009 guideline on workplace health (PH19). The new recommendations emphasise that health ...
on 10 May 2019
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published statistics showing that the number of midwives registered to work in the UK continues to increase. They also publish the results of a survey showing that many midwives and nurses leave their ...
