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Breastfeeding Celebration Week 2019
As 17th June is the start of Breastfeeding Celebration Week, let’s take a moment to reflect on the many benefits of breastfeeding and why it is something so worth celebrating.![](/media/3393/smoking.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132035201530000000)
Smokefree
As midwives caring for women we have all listened to these sheepish confessions: ‘I know it’s bad… but I only smoke one or two in the evening… once the kids are in bed… it really is one of life’s few pleasures… something just for me….’.![](/media/3391/oasi-carebundle.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132042393140000000)
OASI Care Bundle RCM and RCOG comment
In 2014 the RCM and the RCOG decided that something needed to be done to address the increasing rates of OASI (obstetric anal sphincter injury). OASI has an enormous negative impact on the lives of those affected. Following a round table discussion ...![](/media/3368/180119_nspcc_conversation_0217-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132005698240000000)
Guest blog: A day in the life of a perinatal programme practitioner
Nikki Rhys-Jones is a specialist midwife who joined the NSPCC in 2012. Nikki has been delivering Baby Steps, a perinatal education programme, for five years and in that time she has run 69 groups in Swansea and Bridgend. She lives in Cardiff and ...![](/media/3366/pride.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132004829080000000)
The RCM at Pride Parade London
The Royal College of Midwives will be at the Pride Parade in London on Saturday 6th July 2019.NW London apprenticeship project insight from Richard Griffin and June Mensah
The six maternity units in North West London (NW London) employ just under 300 MSWs. Last year, the Local Maternity System (LMS), working with Health Education England, organised focus groups with maternity support workers (MSWs).England NHS staff survey – what have we learnt?
Last week the results of the 2018 England NHS staff survey were published. There is so much information in the survey that I won't attempt to address everything in one blog. Instead I want to focus on an area of real concern, the health and wellbeing ...The NHS Long Term Plan
The Government has finally published the NHS Long Term Plan, the purpose of which is to guide how the NHS in England develops over the next decade. You can find more information about the Plan at https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/![](/media/3551/rete_04apr19_tea_party_0212.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=132139722300000000)