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• • RCM
  • Midwifery
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  • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Student midwives

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RCM shines spotlight on excellence announcing annual award winners

08 May 2020 Maternity teams increasing the use of prenatal breastmilk, improving outcomes for BAME and vulnerable women and enhancing bereavement care, are among the winners of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual awards announced this week. ...

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• • RCM
  • Midwifery
  • Student midwives
  • Student attrition
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Government

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Health unions call on Matt Hancock to recognise student contribution and abolish tuition fees

06 May 2020 Four leading unions have called on the Health Secretary to recognise the significant contribution by – and disruption to - nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare students during the current crisis by abolishing tuition fees and reimbursing ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Midwifery
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Student midwives
  • NHS Staff
  • NHS Unions
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Influencing

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
  • Maternity Services
  • Covid-19
  • Student midwives
  • Midwife Training
  • Education
  • Bursaries and Scholarships

Influencing

Debt, dole, worry: Student midwives facing triple whammy threat   

07 October 2020 Many student midwives are struggling under the weight of financial concerns, poor mental health and an unpredictable job market, according to new findings by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

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• • Midwives
  • Student midwives
  • Safe high quality care
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • IDM - International Day of the Midwife

Supporting

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

Influencing

‘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).

News

• • Wales
  • Student midwives
  • RCM Branches
  • IDM - International Day of the Midwife
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

Promoting

Eyes on the prize for Welsh midwifery society and RCM branch 

06 April 2021 Swansea University’s Midwifery Society and the RCM Hywel Dda branch have won the RCM’s 2020 International Day of the Midwife (IDM) competition, winning £1000 to put on educational events. Student midwife Mollie Olivia Cook is the Society ...

News

• • Midwives
  • IDM - International Day of the Midwife
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Student midwives
  • RCM Branches

Promoting

Send us a selfie for IDM asks RCM

08 April 2021 While the ongoing pandemic may place restrictions on people getting together, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is finding new ways of bringing its members together for International Day of the Midwife (IDM) on 5 May. The College is calling ...

Media releases

• • Student midwives
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwives
  • Nurses
  • Good Health
  • Midwife Shortage
  • Midwifery and nursing degree
  • RCM

Influencing

‘We warned you’ says RCM on shortfall in applications for midwifery degrees

19 December 2016 Applications for midwifery, nursing degrees and other allied health university courses have fallen by over twenty percent in England.