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Smoking and obesity highlighted in Welsh maternity report

06 November 2018 The number of midwives registered to work in the UK continues to rise with a modest year on year increase in the last five years, NMC figures show.

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• • Maternity Services
  • State of Maternity Services Report
  • Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • RCM Scotland

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New report highlights the state of Scotland’s maternity services

13 September 2018 The RCM has released its State of maternity services report 2018 – Scotland, which reveals the growing pressures faced by midwives in the country.

News

• • State of Maternity Services Report
  • NHS
  • Brexit
  • Maternity Services
  • Newly Qualified Midwives

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New ‘State of maternity services’ report released

12 September 2018 The RCM has published its latest annual report on the state of maternity services in England.

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• • RCM
  • Scotland
  • Maternity Services
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • Scottish Government

RCM media statement on Dr. Gray’s Hospital Maternity Services in Elgin Scotland

12 July 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is aware that there is significant concern being expressed by members of the Elgin and Moray community about the proposed changes to maternity services at the Dr Gray’s hospital and we understand those concerns.

Media releases

• • RCM Wales
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Welsh Government
  • Maternity Services

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RCM responds to Welsh Government plan for health and social care ‘A Healthier Wales’ report

11 June 2018 Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to a new report by the Welsh Government entitled; ‘A Healthier Wales: Our Plan for Health and Social Care’.

Media releases

• • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Safety
  • Midwives
  • Multi Disciplinary Working
  • Obstetricians
  • Maternity Services

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RCM and RCOG joint statement on multi-disciplinary working

18 March 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) are committed to speaking with one voice on maternity safety and are united in their goal that every woman should have a good birth, with the ...

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• • Maternity Services
  • Sands
  • Bereavement Care
  • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards

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Midwife from North Middlesex University Hospital wins RCM and Sands award for excellence in bereavement care

09 March 2018 A midwife from North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust in London has won a prestigious award for her bereavement care service.

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• • RCM
  • Midwives
  • NHS
  • Lansinoh
  • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • Maternity Services
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

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Maternity team from Whipps Cross named Lansinoh maternity team of the year

09 March 2018 Midwives from a specialist team at Whipps Cross University Hospital in London are celebrating having been named the ‘Lansinoh maternity team of the year’ at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards 2018.

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• • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Midwives
  • Maternity Services
  • RCM i-Learn

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'RCM launches i-learn resource to support members in developing their understanding of continuity of carer'

18 October 2018 Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have relaunched an i-learn module on continuity of carer. The relaunched module now includes a new animation which helps to explain some approaches to on calls in a continuity team.

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• • Midwives
  • Specialist Midwives
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS England
  • Smoking

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RCM comments on NHS long term plan

04 January 2019 Today (Saturday January 5th 2019) the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to a media release from NHS England which details information on part of the NHS’s long term plan. This NHS news release focusses on alcohol consumption and ...