01 November 2012
This document lays out the process for developing the RCM's midwifery practice guidelines, which ensures objective, professional, quality and evidence based guidelines are available to the midwifery profession.
01 May 2014
This report continues our study by focusing on infant feeding and demonstrating how the situation could be improved through the funding of more midwives.
01 April 2017
This Evaluation Report provides both a quantitative and qualitative summary of the Labour Ward Leadership pilot programme that was delivered between October and December 2016
01 June 2017
The MDT teams undertook a quality improvement initiative around safety, as part of the Labour ward leaders' 'working together for safe care' workshops. This poster booklet shares some of the initiatives and good practice from the teams on ...
01 August 2018
For midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) particularly those working in the community this requires them to be working alone and often late at night. Lone workers are defined as those working in any situation or location without a colleague ...
01 February 2017
This Q and A document gives relevant professionals and the police an understanding of the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty.
01 November 2012
This guide provides midwives with recent evidence about the impact of the mother’s emotional wellbeing during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood, and suggests the best ways to support healthy parent-infant relationships.
01 November 2018
The aim of this framework is to help Local Maternity Systems and the Maternity Transformation Programme to measure, consistently, the level of continuity of carer being provided over time, not only to monitor delivery, but also to help evaluate ...
01 February 2016
The report of the National Maternity Review in England was launched on 22nd February, runs to 124 pages and includes 28 recommendations or actions. The RCM has prepared this summary of the main findings and recommendations.