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RCM responds to CQC report on East Kent Maternity services
Safety must be an absolute priority and combined with effective leadership be the basis for which all maternity care is delivered. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ...
Midwives welcome inclusion of Perinatal Mental Health in Northern Ireland Health Action Plan
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have after years of campaigning welcomed the inclusion of perinatal mental health in Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Action Plan. Commenting, Karen Murray RCM’s Director for Northern Ireland said:RCM offers advice to pregnant women as new study shows heightened risk to some communities
As a new UK study revealed that 55% of women admitted to hospital with coronavirus were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a campaign to offer greater support and advice.RCM and RCOG respond to UKOSS study of more than 400 pregnant women hospitalised with coronavirus
A large UK study on the outcomes of 427 pregnant women and their babies during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the UK has been published today. The results show that, between 1 March and 14 April 2020, 4.9 pregnant women per 1,000 were ...
Newcastle midwives scoop national award
.A midwifery-led service from Newcastle has scooped a national award for its work to support pregnant and new mothers with infant feeding. Lynne McDonald, on behalf of Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, received the Royal ...
RCM honours its ‘Midwives’ Midwife’ of the Year with national award
A midwife from St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals has become the first ever recipient of the new Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Award ‘NMC Midwives’ Midwife of the Year as they award outstanding members at their virtual Annual Midwifery ...Maternity services are open for business – help us keep them that way, says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called on every pregnant woman to support them in keeping services open and available. With maternity services across the country working to maintain as broad a range of services – including antenatal ...‘Exceptional times’ mean how we deliver some maternity services in Northern Ireland will change
‘It’s necessary to look at how we deliver all parts of the health service to ensure that we can provide care for those with Covid-19 while continuing to provide safe maternity care to women and their babies’ that’s the message from the Royal College ...
RCOG/RCM joint statement response to management of early medical abortions during Covid-19 outbreak
We are disappointed by the Government’s decision not to allow home-use of mifepristone, the first drug used for early medical abortion in unprecedented circumstances , says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians ...