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Maternity discrimination plans ‘not good enough’
The RCM has criticised new government plans to tackle maternity discrimination as ‘not good enough’.Need to reduce widening inequality say midwives on child health report
Today (Thursday, 26th January 2017) the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have published its The State of Child Health report. The report says that a lack of strategic national focus and persistence of a wide gap between ...‘Success’ as RCM secures protection to maintain midwifery voice within the NMC
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) was an observer at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) meeting where they agreed proposals for ensuring that the NMC and its Council are aware of and understand midwifery matters as they relate to ...‘Step in right direction’ say midwives on First Minister Scottish student midwife announcement
Today Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister has announced an increase in the number of student midwives in training for the next year, protection for student midwife and nurse bursaries, free tuition fees for student midwives and nurses, ...‘Seismic shift in maternity services’ say midwives on Scottish National Maternity Review
Today the Scottish Government has published its national maternity review ‘The Best Start - A Five Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland’.Government disregarding hardworking NHS staff says RCM on TUC pay report
Today the TUC have released a report saying that workers in the public sector including midwives face real pay falls of thousands of pounds by 2020. Commenting on the report, Jon Skewes, Director for Policy, Employment Relations and Communications, ...RCM Statement on NMC decision on indemnity cover for IMUK midwives
It is true that midwives who cannot access adequate indemnity can continue to work either in the NHS or with small groups of midwives who have adequate insurance cover. It is however clear that the affordability of adequate indemnity insurance ...‘More midwives and training places needed to ensure Welsh maternity services are future proofed says RCM’
RCM comments on the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) latest maternity report: Support Overdue: Women’s experience of maternity services*.WI/NCT maternity report should be red flag event for Government say midwives
Today the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the NCT have published a report, saying that dangerously low staffing levels mean that half of women (50%) experience at least one red-flag event during childbirth.