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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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Being a student midwife - Fiona Howard

08 September 2020 I first considered a career in midwifery at the age of 17 – but life took a different path and at 25, I was married with two daughters and living in the South West of Cornwall. After the birth of my children, my thirst for midwifery grew. Despite this ...

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RCM gives cautious welcome to additional clinical placement funds from HEE

27 August 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) welcomes the announcement by Health Education England (HEE) of an additional £15 million to support more NHS clinical placements for midwifery, nursing and the allied health professions. The RCM has been ...

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Your student news: Spring 2018

07 March 2018 What’s new in the student world? Your chance to tell us where you’ve been and what you’ve been up to...

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Midwives set to celebrate International Day of the Midwife in style

13 April 2018 Midwives set to celebrate International Day of the Midwife in style

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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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‘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).

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Student midwife debt should ‘shame’ Government says RCM CEO in conference opening speech

24 September 2019 A call to reintroduce the bursary for student midwives came from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Chief Executive, Gill Walton in her RCM Annual Conference opening speech in Manchester today.

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Royal visit for award winning Medway maternity services

12 December 2019 Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal who is a patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) met a award-winning team of midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs), student midwives and other members of maternity staff at Medway Maritime Hospital ...

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‘RCM welcomes Government announcement of financial grant for student midwives’

16 December 2019 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the Prime Ministers announcement that all student midwives on courses in England from September 2020 will receive a £5,000 year grant for every year they are studying. The reintroduction ...