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Finding a shared narrative: introducing the Re:Birth project
There is no doubt that the term ‘normal birth’ has become the focus of much debate over recent years in the UK. While many working in maternity care sit somewhere in the middle, the debate and discussion around normal birth has become polarised ...Health, safety and escalating risk
In our own units and in our teams, we have our ways of assessing risk and improving our maternity services. However, when faced with a global pandemic we took to much larger collective ways of assessing risk, applying national guidance and we ...
Walking the line – being a mum with cancer that cannot be cured
As a mum with a baby or young child/ren receiving a diagnosis of cancer that cannot be cured is earth shattering. There are no words to adequately convey the way that cold fear and dread grab hold of your heart and squeeze. The exquisite pain of imagining ...
United Nations Public Service Day
Wednesday 23 June is United Nations Public Service Day. No need to apologise if you missed the news. It probably won’t make the front pages. But we wanted to tell you about this because it is positive to see the United Nations (UN) honour public ...
Working through the pandemic and beyond
Working through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: an examination of mental wellbeing, burnout, work-related quality of life and coping across the health and social care workforce.The perfect storm for a digital revolution in maternity care
We’ve just received the long-awaited news that maternity services in England are going to receive a much needed £52 million investment in digital technologies . From a survey of Digital Midwives, conducted last summer, the Royal College of ...
Sands write about the right care and support for bereaved parents as campaign launches
For more than 40 years Sands has worked to make sure that bereaved parents and families get the support they need and deserve, and Sands has also worked to save babies lives.
Join our professorial network at the RCM
We are delighted today to be announcing the new RCM professorial network (PN) and hope that professors of midwifery and related subjects working in the UK will chose to join.