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Code of practice for newborn blood spots storage revised
Public Health England has published a revised code of practice for the retention and storage of residual newborn blood spots.Public health role of midwife undermined by lack of resources says RCM on new PHE report
A report “Everyday Interactions”, to be published tomorrow (00.01 Wednesday, 21st June 2017) by Public Health England (PHE) and the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), aims to support healthcare professionals – including midwives - ...
COVID vaccine and pregnancy
Firstly, I want to pay tribute to everyone working in midwifery teams throughout the pandemic. The mothers, partners and babies born during Covid have needed additional support to help deal with impact of the pandemic and you have provided ...Keeping the pressure on for pay
When, last month, the UK Government proposed a 1% pay rise for NHS staff in England, there was a huge outcry. This included from many MPs on the Government’s own backbenches. Why were people so angry? Because the proposed 1% was so derisory. ...
New guidance on reproductive health and pregnancy
Public Health England has published a professional resource on healthy pregnancy planning and reproductive choices.RCM supports Public Health England’s new interactive breastfeeding support tool ‘ChatBot’
Start4Life, Public Health England’s (PHE) programme that helps parents-to-be and parents to adopt healthy behaviours, has launched a new interactive Breastfeeding Friend (BFF) ChatBot.Why I’m leaving the RCM and going back to clinical practice
It only seems like yesterday that I left my role in the hospital as a Digital Midwife to start a secondment at the RCM as a Digital Midwife Advisor. This was a huge career change for me, but one that I felt would support the wider maternity workforce ...
Concerns that funding increase is not enough
The Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a 3.4% average annual rise in NHS funding to 2023.