During pregnancy, and up to one year after birth, one in five women will experience mental health issues. This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek our roadmap offers guidance for the delivery of better services for perinatal mental health buff.ly/49XUo00

So grateful to have had the opportunity to attend Royal College of Midwives 💙 Conference 2024 in Liverpool. Our Maternity Services need passionate and dedicated midwives but until we are properly funded, staffed and supported we cannot deliver the service the public deserve.

There's still time to nominate yourself as the next RCM president!

The deadline is 17 May, so get ready to showcase your leadership skills and passion for advancing midwifery.

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All maternity services must actively learn from the diversity of the women in their care. We must share good practice and work together to improve outcomes for women and their babies' says RCM on
Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡 Tommy's Saving Babies Lives progress report.
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'Everybody must speak up, midwives will be advocates for women too, we want mums to ask questions and we want midwives to have the time to listen'

RCM's Gill Walton This Morning discussing Birth Trauma report & midwifery staffing challenges.

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RCM's Gill Walton joins ITV's This Morning from 10am to discuss The APPG inquiry and report on birth trauma.

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Reiterating the workforce factors highlighted in the report Gill Walton said staffing shortages “drastically impact the safety and quality of care that midwives can and so want to deliver”.

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'Putting women at the centre of their own care, listening to them, learning lessons from both failed and successful maternity services is crucial to delivering safer better care' -- the message from the RCM as it responds to a new report on birth trauma buff.ly/3JYLxAR

Join the revolution in maternity services. Filling out the census is just the beginning. Let's celebrate the small victories, the big impacts and the amazing community of midwives and MSWs. Take the census and be part of the change buff.ly/4aFy7Ft

The Royal College of Midwives 💙 #Neurodivergence Acceptance Toolkit is now available. #Midwifery educators everywhere, use it to ensure your recruitment processes, curriculum, assessments and support for students in practice are inclusive and accessible.
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A few highlights from the RCM Conference 2024 💜💛🧡❤️
#energisingexcellence
#rcm conf24 #rcm 2024conference #liverpool #rcm Royal College of Midwives 💙 RCM_NI Karen Murray Hannah McCauley

It was wonderful to see so many midwives & student midwives taking part to celebrate International Day of the Midwife ⁦RCM South Eastern Trust⁩ ⁦Royal College of Midwives 💙⁩ ⁦QUBNursing&Midwifery⁩ ⁦Department of Health⁩

Join the revolution in maternity services. To regain our confidence. To lift our heads high. To be proud of who we are and what we do. The revolution begins now. Take our census today and help us shape a brighter future #rcmrevolution buff.ly/4aFy7Ft Gill Walton

So many new Royal College of Midwives 💙 resources were launched at #rcmconf24
One of them was the neurodivergence acceptance toolkit designed to support those who design or plan midwifery education although much transferable good practice for all.
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We launched the Royal College of Midwives 💙 #Neurodivergence Acceptance Toolkit This could not have happened without our fantastic stakeholder group!
Download it here bit.ly/4b7idn8?r=q

“Continue to be proud of what you do” That’s it for another year. It was absolutely wonderful to see you all #rcmconf24

“If you’re not helping to make it right, then stop complaining about it being wrong” Wise words on leadership from Gillian Morton MBE #rcmconf24 Royal College of Midwives 💙

The Maternity Disadvantage Assessment Tool (MatDAT) has been launched! Thanks to those who helped develop & pilot this tool to help midwives asses social complexity LEAP King's Maternity Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Royal College of Midwives 💙 Carla Stanke Claire Spencer Midwife Lambeth Together Rachael Kilner

Such an enjoyable and valuable session on You don’t lead alone.
‘If not you, then who?’ ‘If not now, when’
#rcmconf24 RCM Wales Royal College of Midwives 💙 Gillian Morton MBE

So important for #midwives and #MSWs to support women to make informed choices about vaccination during pregnancy, particularly with the worrying rise in whooping cough cases, and their consequences.