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Dial for triage
Midwives are a valuable asset to telephone triage services, says Dr Valerie Finigan. And working in out-of-hours care can also benefit their work-life balance.Transforming triage
Triage based on clinical priority is standard procedure in A&E departments, and should be rolled out to maternity units too, argue Kate Horton, Nina Johns, Laura Goodwin, and Sara Kenyon.
A springboard to a better future
Three years into A Better Start, researchers are beginning to study the programme’s impact and cost-effectiveness – and local maternity services can help, write Sarah Beake and Debra Bick.
Breaking down barriers
Sue Brailey explains why how we address each other within the interdisciplinary team has a large impact on how a team communicates and works together.
Consultant crisis
In the UK, consultant midwives are growing in numbers, but a crisis is looming. Caitlin Wilson, Lyndall Hall and Rupa Chilvers explain the findings from the Consultant Midwife Mapping Project.
Country news: Northern Ireland
Country news: Northern Ireland, from RCM director, Karen Murray
On employment: Wait and see
There has been a great deal of debate surrounding the proposed pay deal and structural reform of Agenda for Change that we are currently seeking members’ views on.
Your student news: Summer 2018
What’s new in the student world? Your chance to tell us where you’ve been and what you’ve been up to...
On politics: The numbers game
You may remember the moment during last year’s general election campaign when the prime minister, challenged over NHS pay, told us that ‘there is no magic money tree’.