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‘Step in right direction’ say midwives on First Minister Scottish student midwife announcement

25 January 2017 Today Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister has announced an increase in the number of student midwives in training for the next year, protection for student midwife and nurse bursaries, free tuition fees for student midwives and nurses, ...

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• • Wales
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Student midwives

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Positive step says RCM in Wales on midwifery training numbers increase

20 February 2017 Positive step says RCM in Wales on midwifery training numbers increase

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RCM welcomes Wales student midwife finance announcement

09 December 2016 Today the Welsh Government has announced that it will maintain bursaries for those electing to study an eligible health related programme, including midwifery. This arrangement is intended to be in place for the 2017/18 cohort only,  while ...

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• • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Student midwives
  • Student attrition

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RCM welcomes Wales student midwife bursary announcement

19 June 2019 Today the Welsh Government has announced that it will maintain bursaries for those electing to study an eligible health related programme, including midwifery. This arrangement is intended to be in place for those electing to study an eligible ...

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• • Wellbeing Of Women
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Applications for WoW scholarships and fellowships now open

18 July 2018 Wellbeing of Women (WoW) has announced it is accepting applications for its entry-level research scholarships, research training fellowships and new postdoctoral research fellowships.

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• • Student midwives
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwife Shortage

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Government have created perfect storm says RCM on axing of student bursaries

01 August 2017 Today (Tuesday August 1st) the Government will officially axe bursaries and introduce full tuition fees for midwifery and healthcare courses.

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• • RCM Scotland
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwife Shortage

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RCM Scotland welcomes increase in student midwife bursary announced today

09 October 2018 Today the First Minister of Scotland has announced an increase in bursaries for student midwives and nurses.

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• • RCM
  • Student midwives
  • Midwives
  • Bursaries and Scholarships

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‘Applications to midwifery courses down by over one third - having fallen steadily every year since 2013' says RCM

05 April 2018 There has been a 35 percent (35%) drop in the number of applicants to midwifery courses since 2013, that’s according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) who have analysed the latest UCAS data on applications to midwifery courses in England.

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• • Midwifery
  • Nurses
  • Brexit
  • Midwifery Workforce
  • Health Select Committee
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • NHS Pay Review Body

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RCM responds to Health Select Committee report on nursing workforce

26 January 2018 ‘Too little attention has been given to retaining midwives and nurses in the NHS, which has clearly resulted in more leaving than joining the profession’ say the Health Committee in their latest report published today (Friday January 26th) ...

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• • Student midwives
  • Government
  • RCM
  • Midwife Shortage
  • Midwifery and nursing degree
  • Education
  • Bursaries and Scholarships

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‘Fail’ says RCM on Government plans to boost student midwifery numbers

18 August 2017 New UCAS data has revealed that the number of students on midwifery and nursing degree courses is down 8 percent, that’s according to a report by the Health Service Journal (HSJ).