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• • Midwives
  • NHS
  • Pregnancy
  • Women
  • Maternity Services
  • Safety
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

Influencing

Designing systems to reduce individual errors will improve maternity safety says RCM

14 July 2021 Recognising that people make errors and designing systems to reduce the chances of this happening will improve maternity safety, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) publishing the third instalment in its Solution Series.

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• • Midwives
  • NHS
  • Pregnancy
  • Women
  • Maternity Services
  • Covid-19
  • Safety

Influencing

Keep looking after your NHS as it looks after you says RCM as COVID restrictions lifted

12 July 2021 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for caution, flexibility and understanding from employers and the public once most pandemic related restrictions are removed.

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• • Midwives
  • NHS
  • Pregnancy
  • Women
  • Maternity Services

Influencing

RCM urges action on Jersey maternity service review

08 July 2021 A review of maternity services has been published by Jersey’s Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel. Commenting on the review, Vicky Richards, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) National Officer, said: “Midwives and their colleagues ...

Media releases

• • Breastfeeding
  • RCM
  • Women
  • Infant Feeding
  • World Breastfeeding Week

Influencing

RCM comments on World Breastfeeding Week 2018

31 July 2018 Today (Wednesday 1st August) marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2018 and this year the theme is ‘Foundation of Life’.

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• • RCM
  • Prenatal Depression
  • Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Midwives
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Jama Research

Promoting

RCM comments on new JAMA research on prenatal depression

13 July 2018 Research published today (Friday 13th of July) by JAMA shows an increased prevalence of depression in today’s young mothers, compared with their mother’s generation giving birth to their daughters in the 1990s.

Media releases

• • 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

• • Breastfeeding
  • UNICEF
  • Report
  • Women
  • Midwives

Influencing

Breastfeeding must be a public health priority says RCM on new UNICEF report

11 May 2018 A new report by UNICEF has highlighted global “breastfeeding gaps” between rich and poor and shows UK breastfeeding rates amongst the lowest in the world.

Media releases

• • NCT - National Childbirth Trust
  • Report
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • Pregnancy
  • Women's Institute

Influencing

‘More midwives and training places needed to ensure Welsh maternity services are future proofed says RCM’

16 January 2017 RCM comments on the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) latest maternity report: Support Overdue: Women’s experience of maternity services*.

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• • Caring For You campaign
  • NHS
  • Maternity Services
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • Caring For You Charter

Supporting

‘Over half of all NHS maternity services now signed up to RCMs Caring for You campaign’

27 February 2017 This week the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is celebrating the success of its Caring for You campaign which now has over 50 per-cent of all NHS organisations with maternity services across the UK signed up to its campaign charter.

Media releases

• • Maternal Mental health
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Perinatal Mental Health

Influencing

'Voices of women must be listened to say midwives on new report'

21 February 2017 Only seven percent (7%) of women suffering with mental health problems during or after pregnancy are refereed to specialist care, that’s according to survey results published today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ...