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• • RCM Fellowship

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Midwife with more than 30 years experience awarded RCM Fellowship

12 June 2019 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has awarded a midwife with more than thirty years experience with a prestigious RCM Fellowship Award. Midwife Sarah Gregson qualified from Queen Charlottes in London in 1984 and in 2004 she was awarded ...

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• • RCM Fellowship

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London Ambulance Service Consultant Midwife receives national midwifery honour for improving safety for women and babies

12 June 2019 A midwife working in London has received a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for her contribution to midwifery. Amanda Mansfield, a Consultant Midwife at London Ambulance Service has received a prestigious RCM Fellowship. ...

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• • RCM Fellowship

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Welsh midwifery professor receives prestigious RCM Fellowship

12 June 2019 The Royal College Midwives (RCM) has awarded Cardiff midwife and Professor Julia Sanders PhD with an RCM fellowship.

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• • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation
  • Midwives

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RCM launches e-network for midwives and key professionals who work on FGM issues

12 June 2019 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have launched a e-network for specialist midwives and other professionals working on the frontline to tackle FGM and support survivors of FGM.

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• • RCM Fellowship

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RCM awards five RCM midwife Fellowships for 2019

12 June 2019 Five midwives have received a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for their contribution to midwifery. They have received a prestigious RCM Fellowship for their work over many years in a variety of fields within the midwifery ...

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• • NHS

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RCM calls for transparency on NHS migrant charging decision

11 June 2019 The Health and Social Care Committee has called on the Secretary of State for Health (Matt Hancock MP) to appear before it to explain his refusal to provide it with information on the Government’s review of NHS overseas visitor charging.

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• • NHS
  • Caring For You campaign
  • Leadership

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RCM comments on NHS Interim People Plan

03 June 2019 Today, the Interim NHS People Plan has been published. Commenting on the plan, Gill Walton, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “We welcome the interim plan as a good basis on which to move forward. ...

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• • Breastfeeding
  • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland

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Bold and welcome vision says RCM Scotland on Scottish Government Breastfeeding report

03 June 2019 Today the Scottish Government has published the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Report. The report assessed the effectiveness, affordability and feasibility of current support for breastfeeding, marking it overall as 'strong'. ...

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• • Safety
  • Learning
  • Multi Disciplinary Working

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‘Positive step’ says RCM on overhaul of NHS incident reporting system

01 July 2019 This week it is reported that an overhaul of the NHS incident reporting system will allow NHS staff, patients and families to report safety concerns instantly via their mobile phones. It will be unveiled next week at the Health Service Journal’s ...

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• • Midwifery

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Royal Colleges respond to the latest clinical findings from the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit

12 September 2019 The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit is a major analysis of NHS maternity and neonatal services in Britain. Launched in 2016, it uses data collected by hospitals to evaluate a range of care processes and outcomes, and produces high-quality ...