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Maternity transformation in England: an update
We are now well and truly into the implementation phase of the Maternity Transformation Programme (MTP) in England.
Empowering informed choices
Third-year student midwife Nicola Andrews describes how she and her student cohort impressed Unicef assessors to help their university receive a 100% pass mark for meeting the standards of the Baby Friendly Initiative.Public service trade unions and employment relations in a context of crisis
The cases of NHS nursing and midwifery. In collaboration with RCN and RCM, our study investigates the work, career and union experiences of nurses and midwives in the NHS, the largest employer of women in Europe and one of the most racially/ethnically ...
Maternity Apprenticeships take shape
The Trailblazer’s first piece of work is now out for consultation. If all goes to plan, the first Midwifery Apprentices will start in England in 2019… Watch this space!Seventy Years of the NHS
This year marks seventy years since the start of the NHS. This of course also means seventy years of NHS midwifery care and seventy years of dedicated service from midwives and more recently maternity support workers, along with our doctor colleagues ...NHS funding – more questions than answers?
Last week, the Prime Minister announced that the NHS will receive a funding increase of £20bn a year by 2023. The announcement was heavily trailed in the media including an interview with Theresa May on the Andrew Marr show.Why we’re backing a People’s Vote
Today the RCM has backed the People’s Vote campaign. This calls for a public vote on the final Brexit deal, once the details of that deal are known. We believe the people should have the last word on Brexit, not politicians at Westminster.The RCM’s updated position statement on infant feeding – what’s new and why?
Infant feeding has always been a subject of great interest to RCM members, generating lively debate and often dividing the opinion of the general public, the media and stakeholders.The threat of Brexit
The clock is ticking. It is almost two years since the 2016 EU referendum, over a year since the Prime Minister triggered the Article 50 process to take the UK out of the European Union, and less than a year before the scheduled date for Brexit.