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07 February 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has cautiously welcomed the announcement of an additional £6 million for the ongoing implementation of the far reaching Best Start recommendations for maternity and neonatal services in the Scottish Government’s ...
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09 February 2020
The Department of Health & Social Care has today (9 February 2020) announced plans to develop flexible training pathways for medical professionals.
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20 February 2020
The Royal College of Midwives has repeated its call for clearer guidance on healthy weight management for expectant mothers after a study from the University of Edinburgh found links between high maternal Body Mass Index (BMI) and the risk ...
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26 February 2020
All women in prison or custody must have equal maternity care to those women on the outside. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) today as it responds a report from the Nuffield Trust.
The report ‘Locked out? Prisoners' ...
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02 April 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed the publication of new UK-wide guidance about the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by NHS staff who are likely to come into contact with people infected by the coronavirus.
The ...
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02 April 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is today calling on the Government to extend the visas of NHS midwives from overseas who are in the UK on a work visa, after similar visas were automatically extended for doctors, nurses and paramedics as part ...
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29 March 2020
The Royal College of Midwives has today made a plea to NHS leaders to protect the safety of pregnant women by ringfencing maternity services in the current crisis.
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25 March 2020
The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed the temporary suspension of England’s Maternity Transformation Programme as a practical and sensible step.
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26 March 2020
Updated guidance emphasises that pregnant women of any gestation should be offered the choice of whether to work in direct patient-facing roles during the coronavirus pandemic
Ostetricians and Gynaecologists and Women who are less than ...
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26 March 2020
Commenting on the publication of regulations for the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland, the Director of the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland Karen Murray said:
“We now have the regulations under which women ...
