on 17 November 2021
A study has been conducted and published on the perceptions and intentions of COVID-19 vaccinations in maternity care settings in Australia.
on 15 November 2021
A new Chief Midwifery Officer for Scotland has been appointed. Justine Craig has been appointed and will succeed Professor Ann Holmes in January 2022.
on 05 November 2021
The Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) programme, in partnership with the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and THIS Institute, has received and extra £3 million in funding.
on 02 November 2021
A study of birth records in England show thousands of babies are being born prematurely, small or stillborn due to socioeconomic and racial inequalities across the country.
on 01 November 2021
Researchers have found new ways of determining the risk of stillbirth, giving birth prematurely or giving birth to very small babies in older pregnant women.
on 27 October 2021
A study by researchers in China have found that pregnant women who contracted COVID-19 in early pregnancy had ‘less severe’ symptoms than pregnant women who contracted it later in pregnancy.
on 27 October 2021
Midwives and maternity support workers have been celebrated for their hard work, commitment and achievements over the last year at the RCM Awards 2021.
on 20 October 2021
A maternity care app has been launched by St Mary’s Hospital that provides support and information for pregnant women throughout their pregnancy on the Isle of Wight.
on 12 October 2021
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have conducted a study into planned home births where it was found they were just as safe with a licensed midwife present as a planned birth in a licensed birth centre.