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• • RCM Wales
  • Public Health
  • Pregnancy and Weight Management
  • Smoking

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RCM Wales calls for more support for women around smoking in pregnancy and obesity at Wales TUC Congress

22 May 2018 The importance of public health and the need to invest in it is the focus of a motion from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales at the TUC Wales Conference starting today (Tuesday, 22nd May 2018).

Media releases

• • Maternity Services

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Midwives comment on new annual maternity figures from NHS Digital

25 October 2018 Today (Thursday 25th October 2018) NHS Digital have published the NHS Maternity Statistics 2017-18 report*.

Media releases

• • NMPA - National Maternity and Perinatal Audit
  • Perinatal Mental Health

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RCM comments on findings from the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit

11 July 2019 Today the findings of The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) have been published. The NMPA organisational audit report was launched in 2016 and assesses maternity and neonatal services across the UK.

News

• • Smoking
  • Report
  • Obesity
  • Induction
  • NHS

Influencing

Proportion of induced labours rise

26 October 2018 New maternity figures show that there has been a rise in the proportion of induced labours in NHS hospitals.

News

• • NHS
  • Smoking

Supporting

The NHS Smokefree Pledge

15 January 2018 The Smokefree Action Coalition has launched the NHS Smokefree Pledge.

Media releases

• • Scottish Government
  • Scottish Maternity Services

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Midwives need time and resources says RCM commenting on Scotland Health of Nation report

25 April 2019 Today the Scottish Government has published the Annual Report for the Chief Medical Officer 2018 - ‘A Summary of the Health of the Nation’. The report includes a focus on the rise in premature births in Scotland. Commenting Dr Mary Ross-Davie, ...

Media releases

• • Public Health

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RCM concerned at new public health cuts figures

20 September 2018 Figures released today from the Labour party say that 85% of councils are reducing public health budgets this year as cuts hit services.

Media releases

• • NHS Staff
  • Maternity Services
  • Midwifery
  • Covid-19
  • RCOG

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We must keep the momentum going says the RCM on stillbirths fall

07 December 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says that efforts to keep driving down stillbirth rates must continue, as new figures show a continued fall this year.

RCM Opinion

• • Maternity Transformation

Supporting

The NHS Long Term Plan

09 January 2019 The Government has finally published the NHS Long Term Plan, the purpose of which is to guide how the NHS in England develops over the next decade. You can find more information about the Plan at https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/

Media releases

• • RCM
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Pregnancy
  • Midwifery
  • NHS
  • NHS Scotland
  • Smoking
  • Caesarean Section
  • Specialist Midwives

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‘Worrying’ says RCM as rates of obesity amongst pregnant women in Scotland on the rise’

27 November 2019 The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland have published their annual report on Births in Scottish hospitals. The publication covers important statistics related to pregnancy, childbirth and the early care of babies born ...