17 September 2020
The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed the announcement by the World Health Organization yesterday (16 September) to extend the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife into 2021.
26 November 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have published a statement calling for an end to end the ‘scourge’ of domestic abuse, estimated to cost England and Wales £66 billion per year. ...
30 October 2020
The RCM has called for an end to the discrimination and racism that blights the lives of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) NHS staff and women using maternity services ,responding to the Turning the Tide report, published with the support ...
11 December 2020
A midwife mentored and supported by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has won an international award. Karima Akter, Secretary of the Bangladesh Midwifery Society (BMS), has won an Asia Pacific Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH) ...
07 December 2020
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has announced that its Chair, Philip Graf, is stepping down due to illness following a stroke in September.
03 December 2020
Over 4 million lives of mothers and babies could be saved every year by increasing global midwife numbers and investing in their training, says new research published this week.
08 December 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is encouraging its black, Asian, and minority ethnic members to participate in a Government-backed study investigating the risks of COVID-19 to their health. The college says its acutely aware that sadly ...