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• • Student midwives

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RCM responds to Scottish Government announcement on more student midwife places

08 November 2018 Today Scotland’s Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced an increase in the number of student midwives in training for the next year.

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• • Postnatal Depression
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC

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Call for better support for women with PND from RCM responding to research

07 November 2018 Today the University of Kent has released the results of research into postnatal depression (PND). The research found the odds of developing PND increased by 79% when mothers had baby boys compared to baby girls.

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Birth Companions and The Royal College of Midwives respond to the Health & Social Care Select Committee report on Prison Health

01 November 2018 A report on health and care in prison has been published today by the Health and Social Care Committee. Responding to the report Birth Companions and The Royal College of Midwives, said: ‘We welcome the focus that the Prison Health report brings ...

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• • Global midwifery

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The Royal College of Midwives responds to new report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

21 November 2018 The report published 20th November on the inspection of the Home Office's management of asylum accommodation provision clearly demonstrates that urgent improvements need to be made in order to safeguard the wellbeing of vulnerable adults ...

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• • Maternity Services

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Each Baby Counts: Learn and Support' receives £1.7 million to improve maternity care

30 November 2018 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) are launching a new programme to enable local maternity teams to roll out national recommendations to improve the care of mothers and babies.

Media releases

• • Sands
  • Bereavement Care
  • Neonatal Care

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RCM comments on Sands/Bliss bereavement care report

10 December 2018 A report - Audit of Bereavement Care Provision in UK Neonatal Units (2018) - published today by charities Sands and Bliss says that most services lack sufficient specialist staffing input and appropriate facilities to support grieving ...

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• • Learning
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Staffing Levels

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RCM unites with professional bodies and healthcare unions to launch set of CPD principles for midwives

15 January 2019 Today (Tuesday 15th January) a working group which includes the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a set of principles for continuing professional development (CPD).

Media releases

• • Maternity Services
  • Department of Health
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Safe high quality care

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RCM responds to new maternity package announcement by Department of Health

02 January 2019 Today (Sunday 30th December) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock has announced a new NHS maternity package for England.

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• • Midwives
  • Specialist Midwives
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS England
  • Smoking

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RCM comments on NHS long term plan

04 January 2019 Today (Saturday January 5th 2019) the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to a media release from NHS England which details information on part of the NHS’s long term plan. This NHS news release focusses on alcohol consumption and ...

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• • NHS England

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Gap between ambition and reality on the ground says RCM on NHS Long Term Plan

07 January 2019 Today the Government has published its Long Term Plan for the NHS in England. Commenting on the NHS Long Term Plan, Gill Walton, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “It is very encouraging to see maternity ...