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The RCM Evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body 2019
The RCM welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB). Our evidence this year includes recommendations around the monitoring and implementation of the multi year pay deal (2018-2019 to 2020-2021) agreed ...
Midwives Magazine - Winter 2017
Safety in maternity services - Examining the new initiatives to keep women and babies safe | E-rostering - The jury is out on the benefits of electronic workforce planning | MTP - It’s a year since MTP pilot schemes began to expand local choice ...
Evidence Based Midwifery - December 2017
Editorial: New guidance: decisions on staff and outputs for REF 2021 | Pregnant women’s experiences of screening for fetal abnormalities according to NICE guidelines | Maternity high dependency care in obstetric units remote from tertiary ...
Talking to women about transfer from home, freestanding midwifery units or alongside midwifery units into obstetric units: a guide for midwives
The purpose of this paper is to set out the facts and summarise recent evidence in order to give a woman accurate information in response to questions that she may have about transfers.
The contribution of continuity of midwifery care to high quality maternity care
An RCM report has found that midwife-led continuity of care models improve the quality and safety of maternity care at no additional cost. This report reveals that women who receive care in these models are more likely to have effective care, ...
Doulas
The RCM supports a woman’s choice to engage the services of a doula to provide emotional, physical, practical and social support.
Detention of pregnant women
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 ...
Preceptorship of newly qualified midwives
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) believes that newly qualified midwives benefit from support provided by experienced practitioners in the form of a preceptorship programme during their first year of practice.Joint Professions Statement
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 ...