By RCM on 04 May 2018
HRH the Princess Royal, Patron of the Royal College of Midwives visited the Maternity Unit at Warrington Hospital on Wednesday, 2nd May 2018. T
By RCM on 03 May 2018
A new study published today by The Lancet which compares child mortality in England and Sweden – two high-income countries with similar levels of economic development and universal healthcare seeks to understand factors driving higher ...
By RCM on 02 May 2018
This week, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) has launched Wales’s first Specialist Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Pilot Clinic. The specialist service known as the ‘Women’s Wellbeing Clinic’ will be open to all females affected ...
By RCM on 01 May 2018
Today the Royal College of Midwives launches its member consultation on the Government’s pay offer. The online consultation will run from 1st-6th June 2018. The pay agreement will see midwives and maternity support workers receive pay ...
By RCM on 27 April 2018
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new i-learn module on continuity of carer. The online learning resource was developed with support from NHS England and aims to help midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) develop a ...
By RCM on 26 April 2018
New figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show a significant rise in the number of EU nurses and midwives leaving the register. Between April 2017 and March 2018, 3,962 people left – an increase of 29 percent.
By RCM on 23 April 2018
Commenting on the birth of a baby boy to the Duchess of Cambridge today, Gill Walton, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “On behalf of the Royal College of Midwives I offer our warmest and heartfelt congratulations ...
By RCM on 23 April 2018
Today the Welsh Government has announced that it will maintain bursaries for those electing to study an eligible health related programme, including midwifery.
By MMHA on 19 April 2018
Today (Thursday, 19th April 2018) the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) has published maps showing that pregnant women and new mums in a quarter of the UK still cannot access lifesaving specialist perinatal mental health services ...
