Media releases

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS Staff
  • Public Health England
  • Public Health
  • PHE - Public Health England
  • Healthcare Professionals

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National guidance on managing coronavirus infection in pregnancy published

on 09 March 2020 Guidance for healthcare professionals on managing coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy has been published today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Paediatrics ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy

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‘RCM launches its manifesto for the 2019 UK General Election’

By ‘RCM launches its manifesto for the 2019 UK General Election’ on 07 November 2019 Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched its General Election manifesto setting out five key asks they hope to see from the next Parliament in order to improve UK maternity services. RCM priorities for the next Parliament ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy

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‘RCM CEO awarded a Fellowship from the RCOG’

By ‘RCM CEO awarded a Fellowship from the RCOG’ on 04 November 2019 Gill Walton the Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been admitted into the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) as a Fellow honoris causa. Fellowships are awarded by the ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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‘RCM responds to Public Sector Pay policy for 2019/20 in relation to Northern Ireland’

By   ‘RCM responds to Public Sector Pay policy for 2019/20 in relation to Northern Ireland’ on 31 October 2019 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to the announcement today by the Department of Finance on the setting of public sector pay policy for 2019/20. Commenting, Karen Murray RCM’s Director for Northern Ireland said;“It’s ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy

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RCM joins royal colleges and homeless charities in call for mandatory training to support homeless patients’

By RCM joins royal colleges and homeless charities in call for mandatory training to support homeless patients’ on 25 October 2019 The Royal College of midwives has joined The Royal College of Physicians along with 5 other medical colleges and homeless charities to call on Government to urgently address the needs of homeless people . The organisations made their call ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • BME staff
  • Pregnancy

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‘Scholarship award for midwife for work preventing deaths in high risk BME pregnant women’

By ‘Scholarship award for midwife for work preventing deaths in high risk BME pregnant women’ on 24 October 2019 A midwife was amongst five outstanding healthcare professionals who where today inducted as scholars into this year’s prestigious Mary Seacole awards This afternoon their work was recognised for being innovative, diverse and will go ...

Media releases

• • Healthcare Professionals

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RCM supports calls on threats to health visitor numbers - RCM responds to Institute of Health Visiting Position Statement

on 24 June 2019 The RCM is supporting calls from the Institute of Health Visiting (IHV) on the Government to act to reverse cuts to the health visiting workforce in England. The IHV position statement published today, comes in the wake of news this week of a threatened ...

Media releases

• • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Abortion
  • Midwives
  • RCM
  • Women
  • Department of Health
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Amnesty International

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‘RCM calls on Department of Health in Northern Ireland to issue guidance on abortion referrals for midwives’

By RCM on 07 September 2017 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called on the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to issue clear guidance on abortion referrals for midwives and other healthcare professionals.

Media releases

• • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Report
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Maternal Mental health

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RCM launches new report ‘Every mother must get the help they need’

By RCM on 18 July 2017 Today (Wednesday 19th of July) The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has published a new report entitled; Every mother must get the help they need*.

Media releases

• • NHS Unions
  • RCM
  • NHS
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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‘Government policy on pay restraint disastrous, unfair and unsustainable says RCM’

By RCM on 04 July 2017 Today (Tuesday July 4th) The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has joined other NHS trade unions to discuss the public sector pay crisis.