1291-1300 of 2523 result(s)
Promoting
30 May 2019
Today the Scottish Government has announced that women and girls considered at risk from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will receive enhanced protection under proposals in a new Bill.
Commenting, Emma Currer, National Officer for Scotland ...
Influencing
29 May 2019
Researchers have concluded that no amount of alcohol is safe to consume during pregnancy at any stage.
The research team which included experts from the University of Aberdeen have studied how expectant mothers’ consumption of alcohol ...
Promoting
28 May 2019
NICE has issued draft guidance on workplace health that focusses on long-term sickness absence and capability to work. This is a partial update to the 2009 guideline on workplace health (PH19). The new recommendations emphasise that health ...
Supporting
15 May 2019
A cake featuring a baby sleeping in a flower has been announced today as the winner of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual International Day of the Midwife (IDM) cake competition.
Supporting
10 May 2019
Today (Friday, 10th May 2019) a report has been published on the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP), a project to improve the quality of care that bereaved families receive when their baby dies.
Promoting
08 May 2019
A Scottish Parliamentary debate today focused on the Best Start programme, the Scottish Government’s plan for maternity services.
Promoting
08 May 2019
A new studied published by JAMA has found that the more a woman weighed at the start of her pregnancy, the more likely she was to experience complications such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and pre-term birth.
Supporting
10 May 2019
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published statistics showing that the number of midwives registered to work in the UK continues to increase. They also publish the results of a survey showing that many midwives and nurses leave their ...
Promoting
03 May 2019
Legislation to enshrine safe staffing levels across health and social care services has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament yesterday.
Influencing
01 May 2019
Today on World Maternal Mental Health Day the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will join a roundtable discussion in Parliament that will examine the importance of supporting women’s mental health, pregnancy in the workplace, maternity leave ...
