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• • NHS Staff
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  • Midwifery
  • Safety
  • Covid-19
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Influencing

Leading Royal Colleges call to end scourge of domestic violence

on 25 November 2020 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), have today issued a call to end the ‘scourge’ of domestic abuse in the UK, which affects a quarter of women and is more likely to begin and worsen ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS Staff
  • Safety
  • Pregnancy
  • Women
  • Midwives
  • Specialist Midwives
  • Government
  • RCM CEO
  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Alcohol and pregnancy
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Disabilities
  • Expectant Mothers

Influencing

Give midwives the autonomy and the flexibility they need to support vulnerable women, says RCM

By Give midwives the autonomy and the flexibility they need to support vulnerable women, says RCM on 23 November 2020 A leading Royal College has called for greater support to be given to vulnerable women during pregnancy. The Royal College of Midwives has warned that, without appropriate support, women with severe and multiple disadvantage are at greater ...

Media releases

• • Domestic Abuse

Promoting

Safe Places? Workplace Support for those Experiencing Domestic Abuse

on 04 October 2018 ‘Midwives trained to recognise domestic abuse and support women, were sometimes not recognising that they themselves are victims of domestic abuse says RCM’

Media releases

• • Domestic Abuse

Influencing

Help for survivors of domestic violence to register to vote safely

By RCM on 28 March 2018 New Royal College of Midwives (RCM) guidance for midwives on supporting survivors of domestic abuse to vote safely is published today. The guidance will help midwives to support survivors of domestic abuse to remain anonymous on the electoral ...