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Putting women at the centre of care
Maternity care has rarely been under such scrutiny as it is now and, as midwives, some of the coverage can be hard to hear. Gill Walton, the RCM's general secretary and chief executive, explains why we must listen in order to learn and move forward.
Why we wear red
From the start of 2020, more and more midwives across the country have been spotted wearing red. What is the reason for this phenomenon? Is it fashion or something more deep-rooted?RCM responds to CQC’s national maternity survey results
The CQC’s national maternity survey 2017 published today (Tuesday 30th January) has highlighted improvements in areas such as choice of where to give birth, quality of information and access to help and support after giving birth.'Dispatches and RCM find that 99.7% of midwives have seen mothers who were homeless over the past six months'
Homelessness is rising in the UK, but no-one knows how many women are pregnant and homeless. Channel 4 Dispatches with the Royal College of Midwives have surveyed midwives from across the UK, who collectively care for over 15,000 women per ...
Doing things differently in Greater Manchester to reduce smoking in pregnancy
This No Smoking Day, Jane Coyne, Smokefree Pregnancy Programme Manager at Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, reflects on how innovative stop smoking initiatives are reducing smoking rates and helping to tackle health ...HSIB report flags safety concerns around 999 call handling for pregnant women
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for better training for 999 call handlers, following a report which found they were giving potentially unsafe advice to pregnant women waiting for an ambulance.RCM comment on the temporary pause of births at Lagan Valley Midwife Led Unit
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has temporarily closed its midwifery-led unit at Lagan Valley Hospital to births. Responding, Karen Murray, Director for Northern Ireland at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “This ...