By Colin Beesley on 04 June 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is holding a webinar on vaccination and pregnancy for its members and other health professionals on Friday 11 June from 12:30 to 14:00. The event comes as access to vaccinations is being opened-up to women ...
By Lydia O'Neill on 28 May 2021
The Royal College of Midwives welcomes the Government’s call for women of all ages and backgrounds in the UK to share their experiences of healthcare in a national survey. The results will be used to shape the Women’s Health Strategy, designed ...
By Colin Beesley on 27 May 2021
The songs of the sea meet midwifery with the release of a sea shanty in honour of the relationship between mothers and midwives. The song from Scottish singer Jazz Dey and midwifery staff and students from the University of the West of Scotland, ...
By Lydia O'Neill
Representatives at the Wales Trade Union Congress (TUC) have voted for action against health inequalities in maternity and to improve workforce wellbeing for maternity staff, from motions proposed by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
By Colin Beesley
A new toolkit from Public Health England (PHE) to support care continuity and a better and more efficient handover of women’s care between midwives and health visitors has been published this week. The toolkit has been developed with support ...
By Colin Beesley on 17 May 2021
A major national honour has been given to midwife and Royal College of Midwives (RCM) member Angelina Ankomah, who has scooped a BAME Midwife of the Year award.
By Lydia O'Neill
The RCM Awards have been celebrating and rewarding outstanding achievements within the midwifery profession since 2004. The entry deadline for this year’s Awards is 21 May 2021. The 15 categories open for entry this year are:
By Lydia O'Neill
The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir joined Rag’n’Bone Man and P!nk to close the Brit Awards ceremony last night with a performance of their charity single Anywhere Away From Here. All the money raised from the single will go to Lewisham and Greenwich ...
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021 report, which shows the progress made to maternity services as well as the work needed to reach suggested goals and prevent 4.3 million deaths per ...