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

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 ...

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• • Healthcare Professionals
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  • NIHR - National Institute for Health Research

NIHR launches new research leadership programme

01 November 2018 The 70@70 NIHR Senior Nurse and Midwife Research Leader Programme was launched today (1 November) by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

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• • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation
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FGM e-learning resource launched by the RCPSG

21 November 2018 Healthcare professionals who carry out pre-travel consultations will be better equipped to deal with issues around FGM, following the launch of a free online course by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG).

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• • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy

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‘RCM CEO awarded a Fellowship from the RCOG’

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 RCOG ...

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• • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy

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

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 include; ...

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• • 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’

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 ...

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• • 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’

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 towards ...

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• • 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’

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 disappointing ...

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• • 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

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 ...

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• • NHS
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Sands
  • NCT - National Childbirth Trust
  • RCOG
  • Public Health
  • Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Good Health
  • Healthcare Professionals

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Cuts to local public health budgets will widen health inequalities warn leading women’s health organisations

12 August 2021 A partnership of leading women’s health organisations has called on a county council to rethink its plan to cut £2.09 million per year from its public health budget. In a letter to Hampshire County Council (HCC), the One Voice Partnership, ...