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All Ireland Joint Midwives Conference: Midwifery – adaptable and responsive during a crisis
All Ireland Joint Midwives ConferenceMSW Festival 23-27 November 2020
All Ireland Joint Midwives ConferenceRCM expresses concern at ‘huge drop’ in number of applications to study midwifery
The number of students applying to study midwifery in the UK has dropped by a fifth, according to the latest UCAS figures, raising concerns about future workforce planning.![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/4944/cover-art.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=467&height=720&rnd=133543779190000000)
RCM makes the case for a new maternity strategy for Northern Ireland
‘A renewed maternity strategy for Northern Ireland, grows more urgent with every passing day.’ That is the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it calls for a new strategy to be developed since the current one ended three years ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/5087/digital.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779260000000)
RCM welcomes NHS investment which will enable women to access their maternity records online
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed an announcement by NHS England that will see £52 million invested to speed up the delivery of online maternity records. The announcement was made today by the Chief Nursing Officer for England, ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/5247/maternity-services-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779340000000)
New NICE guideline rightly focused on women centred care says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed an updated guideline published by NICE which focuses on women-centred care, more engagement with maternity services earlier in pregnancy and informed decision making. For the first time ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/5743/rcm-rcog-logos.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779590000000)
Leading Maternity Royal Colleges urge NHS to avoid redeploying maternity staff in wake of rising COVID-19 cases
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) are urging NHS Trusts and Boards to ensure that maternity staff are not redeployed to other areas of the hospital as COVID-19 cases rise again.![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/3637/shutterstock_435294154-1-_ballott-box.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543778640000000)
RCM members in England and Wales to be balloted on industrial action over pay
RCM members working in the NHS in England and Wales are set to be formally balloted on industrial action over pay. This follows a consultation in which RCM members overwhelmingly rejected their governments’ pay awards of £1400 for most Agenda ...New independent maternity working group to oversee Maternity Transformation Programme in England
A new independent maternity working group, one of the key Immediate and Essential Actions (IEAs) from the Ockenden review of maternity safety, has met for the first time. The group, which is co-chaired by Gill Walton, Chief Executive of the ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/6367/shutterstock_435294154-1-_ballott-box.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779840000000)