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RCM shows support at TUC march and rally

17 May 2018 Alongside other trade unions, the RCM took part in the TUC’s ‘a new deal for working people’ march and rally in London on 12 May.

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• • Midwives Magazine
  • Independent Midwives
  • NHS

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The big story: Blurred lines

17 November 2017 Women have always been able to hire independent midwives and give birth in private hospitals. But now they are increasingly hiring non-NHS midwives to give birth on NHS premises.

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• • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • NHS
  • NHS Pay Review Body

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RCM comments on NHS pay negotiations

09 March 2018 Following media reports today about a possible pay deal for NHS staff, Jon Skewes, Director for Employment Relations and Communications at the Royal College of Midwives, commented “The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and other health unions ...

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• • NHS
  • BME staff

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Action needed on NHS discrimination says RCM on NHS England report

19 April 2017 Today, NHS England has published its Workforce Race Equality Standard 2016 report. The report finds that staff from a BME (black and minority ethnic) background are still significantly more likely to experience discrimination at work from ...

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• • NHS
  • Maternity Services
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Invest in NHS say midwives responding to general election announcement

18 April 2017 Today the Prime Minister Theresa May has called for a general election on June 8th 2017.

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• • Government
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • NHS

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Lords report on NHS a ‘wake up call’

05 April 2017 The House of Lords Select Committee has published a report that slams the government for being shortsighted.

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• • NHS
  • Maternity Services
  • STPs - Sustainability and Transformation Plans

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Missing maternity services in regional NHS plans

21 December 2016 Half of all new plans for the NHS across England do not mention or include very little detail about maternity services. These are the findings of new analysis published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), of NHS Sustainability and Transformation ...

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• • Maternity Services
  • NHS

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Concerns about care says RCM as new maternity ratings published

27 October 2016 Today NHS England has today published new ratings on maternity. The ratings highlight areas were services are performing well and areas where improvement is needed.

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• • Safety
  • NHS
  • Maternity Services

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'Potentially dangerous says RCM on trust checking eligibility of pregnant women'

11 October 2016 Reports of a new pilot scheme at St George’s University Foundation Trust are in the media today. The scheme asks women to show evidence of eligibility to receive maternity care as they book in to hospital.

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• • Bereavement Care
  • Midwives
  • NHS

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RCM joins calls for roll out of trial project delivering better bereavement care

10 May 2019 Today (Friday, 10th May 2019) a report has been published on the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP), a project to improve the quality of care that bereaved families receive when their baby dies.