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Support to Quit Smoking in Pregnancy

31 May 2019 Quitting smoking is one of the best things a woman and her partner can do to protect their baby’s health through pregnancy and beyond. Pregnancy is a window of opportunity for significant health improvement.
Getting involved in the RCM
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RCM Activists Training Brochure 2019

01 January 2019 We provide high quality training programmes for all accredited RCM workplace representatives covering everything you need to help you to support and represent members in the workplace.
Professional Practice
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Reaching out: Involving Fathers in Maternity Care

11 December 2018 This document is intended to provide useful insight to all maternity service staff as to how they might best encourage the involvement of fathers throughout pregnancy and childbirth, and into fatherhood and family life
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Detention of pregnant women

01 October 2017 Immigration detention refers to the practice of detaining migrants for administrative purposes, typically to establish their identities, or to facilitate their immigration claims resolution and/or their removals from the UK. It is an ...
Position Statements
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Joint Professions Statement

01 October 2017 Published by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 2017. Royal Colleges and professional organisations representing the range of clinicians across primary and secondary care have come together in the interests of the quality and standards ...
Position Statements
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The child tax credit cap and the ‘rape clause’

06 April 2017 The RCM does not support the UK Government’s cap on child tax credits and was not consulted on this policy change. We believe the introduction of a cap to be unfair and associated exemptions to be inequitable, invasive and divisive.
Position Statements
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Abortion Statement

01 May 2016 There are around 200,000 abortions every year in Britain. Sexual health policy supports the provision of abortion, and 98% of abortions are funded by the NHS. This document spells out the RCM's position on abortion.
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