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RCM awards five RCM midwife Fellowships for 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 ...RCM calls for transparency on NHS migrant charging decision
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.RCM comments on NHS Interim People Plan
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 ...Bold and welcome vision says RCM Scotland on Scottish Government Breastfeeding report
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'. ...Majority of maternity services without a stop smoking specialist midwife say RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today(Friday 31st May) revealed that almost 70% of Heads of Midwifery have reported that they are without a stop smoking specialist midwife in their maternity team. The RCM have shared the findings ...New Scotland FGM Bill welcome but disappointed no mandatory reporting says RCM
Today the Scottish Government has announced that women and girls considered at risk from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will receive enhanced protection under proposals in a new Bill. Commenting, Emma Currer, National Officer for ...Study reaffirms advice to women that no level of drinking alcohol in pregnancy is safe says RCM
Researchers have concluded that no amount of alcohol is safe to consume during pregnancy at any stage. The research team which included experts from the University of Aberdeen have studied how expectant mothers’ consumption of alcohol ...RCM comments on NICE draft guidance on Workplace health
NICE has issued draft guidance on workplace health that focusses on long-term sickness absence and capability to work. This is a partial update to the 2009 guideline on workplace health (PH19). The new recommendations emphasise that health ...