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10 June, 2016CONSULTATION CLOSES 17th JUNE
Dear member,
There is just over a week left to respond to the DH consultation on the amendments to the Nursing and Midwifery Order which will remove the supervision of...
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10 June, 2016
Conception to birth is a miracle.
The first golden hour after delivery is a time that can never be replicated. Wherever possible the first hour of a baby’s life should be devoted to optimal cord clamping, skin to skin, early feeding and time alone for the parents and baby to bond...
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9 June, 2016
My aim in conceiving the hashtag #ifBabiesCouldTalk was to encourage health professionals to consider why separation of mothers and babies is something that babies would not choose themselves. I hoped to give babies their own voice and I blogged about it...
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8 June, 2016There have been a series of articles published lately discussing the merits of sleep training or allowing babies to “cry it out”. Apparently “studies” show that by the time an infant is three months old they should be capable of settling themselves to sleep. These studies also advise that...
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7 June, 2016
“A child’s first relationship, the one with his mother, acts as a template that permanently moulds the individual’s capacity to enter into all later emotional relationships” (Schore, 2000).
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6 June, 2016
In support of the week we will be having a “Blog a day for IMH” by a few of our members who are engaged with infant mental health within their own practice.
The first blog to launch the week is by Jacque Gerrard RCM Director for England and Janet Fyle RCM Policy Advisor. Both have ...
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3 June, 2016Its hard to believe that it is already four weeks since the RCM cycle team pedalled 230 miles across France. We had a challenging but terrific time. We were hugely helped by glorious sunshine and John, Julian and Judy who gave us fabulous support .
The best...
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1 June, 2016To celebrate International Day of the midwife we had a stall to promote the RCM at a study day Maternity Matters organised by co Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. We made 50 pounds on a raffle that we sent to the RCM benevolent fund.
Anne Hodgson, RCM County...
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27 May, 2016As student midwife Amy Spears approaches graduation and qualification, she has been reflecting upon her journey as a student. As a result, she has written a poem aimed at current student midwives in the early stages of their training and potential students alike.
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27 May, 2016First-year midwifery student Gemma Ford talks politics and why fellow student midwives should be opening their eyes to what’s happening and the changes ahead.
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