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NMC midwifery panel chair appointed
The NMC has announced Dr Anna van der Gaag as the new independent chair of the midwifery panel. Anna, who is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey, will chair her first meeting today (22 October 2018).RCM launches midwifery care in labour guidance
A new set of guidelines has been launched under the RCM’s Midwifery Blue Top Guidance Programme.RCM Blue Top Guidelines
We are grateful for the expert professional interest and welcome for the RCM Midwifery care in labour guidance for women in all settings. The RCM is confident that the guidance represents the best established evidence available, being based ...Midwifery 2020: what's new?
Midwifery 2020 contains few new messages, but this is one of its strengths, as it shows the profession is already getting it right, reports Julie Griffiths.Bournemouth midwives win national award for their work
Two midwives from Bournemouth won one of the UK’s top midwifery awards for their project for healthy a healthy workplace to ensure the delivery of high quality of care , and reduce staff turnover rates in their maternity service.RCM supports the launch of vital network of specialist FGM clinics
Over the last three months in the UK almost 1,000 women and girls were identified as having been affected by Female Genital Mutilation(FGM) and today NHS England have launched a network of eight FGM support clinics across Birmingham, Bristol, ...Guest blog: ‘Bouncing Back’ - an interdisciplinary event on resilience in health and social care
On 21 October, the Midwifery Society at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) hosted an interdisciplinary event on resilience in health and social care called ‘Bouncing Back’. As vice-chair of the Midwifery Society, I took the lead on organising ...
Buckinghamshire midwife awarded national honour
A Bucks midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her inspiring midwifery work. Sally Pezaro is a Lecturer and Associate Researcher at Coventry University and received the award at the RCM’s virtual ...Power in numbers: the future of maternity services
Planning for the right number of midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) over the coming years will be critical to improving the safety and quality of maternity services. This message is at the heart of evidence that the Royal College ...