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‘NHS remains reliant on the goodwill of midwives to keep maternity services afloat says RCM’

07 March 2017 423,000 NHS staff responded anonymously to the survey and some staff reported ‘small but measurable improvements’ according to NHS employers.

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RCM welcomes Labour Party NHS pay and staff commitments

26 April 2017 Today (22.00 Tuesday, 25th April, 2017) the Labour Party announced a three point election guarantee for NHS staff to be outlined tomorrow in a speech by Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary.

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‘Midwives urge pregnant women to have flu vaccine’

25 November 2019 The RCM has joined with Public Health (PHE) England and NHS England to urge pregnant women to get their free flu vaccine in over the next few weeks. The RCM says while the flu is usually a self-limiting disease for many people including pregnant ...

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Recipe for poorer not better child health says RCM on iHV report

20 February 2020 The Royal College of Midwives is calling for investment in midwives and other staff supporting better child health. The call comes as the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) publishes the findings of their annual survey of health visitors in ...

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Professional bodies’ response to government advice for pregnant women to self-isolate

17 March 2020 Following the new measures outlined by the Prime Minister yesterday, particularly those suggesting that pregnant women self-isolate, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College ...

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Expect NHS to do right thing on pandemic overtime pay says RCM

29 May 2020 NHS trusts should do the right thing and pay staff overtime for all extra work during the pandemic, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on joint health union and employer’s guidance on overtime published today.

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 RCM responds to PHE report on ‘Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19

02 June 2020 Commenting on Public Health England’s report, Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19, RCM Chief Executive Gill Walton said: “Today’s report tells us what we already knew: that those from black and Asian backgrounds have been disproportionately ...

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Give midwives and other NHS staff pay deal they deserve says the RCM

21 July 2020 The Royal College of Midwives is calling on the Government to bring forward pay talks and to give midwives and other NHS staff a substantial pay increase. The call follows today’s announcement of public sector pay rises that do not include midwives, ...

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Positive move says RCM on HEE maternity support worker funding announcement

15 July 2020 “A timely reflection on the value of maternity support workers (MSWs)”. That is the Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM) reaction to the launch of Health Education England’s £1 million fund for MSW education and training, something the RCM has ...

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No time to relax our guard on COVID-19 says RCM

09 July 2020 We have got to keep up strict anti-infection measures to tackle COVID-19 says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).  The call follows reports of a COVID-19 infection outbreak at Hillingdon hospital.