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'Devastating blow’ for local women and staff says RCM on South Tyneside maternity unit suspension of births

06 December 2017 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust has suspended the delivery of babies at South Tyneside District Hospital.

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• • Maternity Services
  • Maternity Unit Closures

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‘Half UK units closed their doors’

20 December 2017 An estimated half of maternity units had to close their door in the last year, as they could not cope with demand.

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• • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Maternity Services
  • Research
  • Midwives

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Maternity unit closures highlighted in new data

28 August 2018 New research published today (28 August) shows that nearly half of England’s maternity units closed to new mothers at some point in 2017.

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• • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Labour Party
  • Research

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RCM responds to Labour Party research on maternity unit closures

28 August 2018 New research published today (Tuesday 28th August) by the Labour Party shows that nearly half of England’s maternity units closed to new mothers at some point in 2017.

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• • Safe high quality care
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Staffing Levels
  • NHS Pay Review Body
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Unit closures, fears for safety and major financial constraints impacting on quality of maternity care all highlighted in new RCM report

19 December 2017 Almost 50 percent (49%) of Heads of Midwifery (HOMs) from across the UK have told The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that they have had to close their maternity units at some point in the past year because they could not cope with the demand and ...

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• • Report
  • RCOG - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Midwives
  • Staffing Levels
  • Midwife Shortage
  • NMPA - National Maternity and Perinatal Audit
  • Maternity Services
  • RCPCH - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Worrying that so few women are seeing the same midwife or groups of midwives say RCM on new report

09 August 2017 A new report by the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) has found a large increase in midwife-led units* co-located with obstetric units that has increased birthplace choice for women.

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• • Labour Party
  • Research
  • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Midwife Shortage
  • RCM
  • England
  • Women
  • Safety

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‘Understaffing causes closures’ says RCM on new Labour Party research

07 August 2017 Research published today (Tuesday August 8th) by the Labour party has further revealed the extent of the staffing crisis affecting England’s maternity services.

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• • Student midwives
  • Student attrition
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwife Shortage
  • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Maternal Mental health
  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Brexit

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Midwives welcome Labour commitment for more midwives

13 November 2019 The Shadow Secretary of State for Health Johnathan Ashworth today launched the Labour 'NHS Rescue Plan'. Speaking at the launch of the plan he used the closure of a maternity unit because of a shortage of midwives to confirm that Labour would ...