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Professional practice

The RCM has a vital role in disseminating information about professional midwifery practice, and in ensuring that there is a recognised UK-wide platform for sharing good practice.

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How to become a midwife

08 March 2019 Find out information on career paths within midwifery and the ranges of courses that are available to help get you there.

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Return to midwifery courses

08 March 2019 Return to practice (RtP) midwifery courses are for registered midwives who have had a period of leave from midwifery practice.

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The Midwives Tale Oral History Collection

01 January 2019 These oral histories were recorded during research for the book The Midwife's Tale: an oral history from handywoman to professional midwife and were donated to the RCM archive in 2014 by Professor Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap.

RCM Opinion

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Juggling midwifery and motherhood

01 August 2014 Most student midwives will agree that embarking on the course is a major commitment. But what if you have a family life to organise too? Natalie Boxall spoke to four student mums to find out.

RCM Opinion

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Call the real midwives - A trip down memory lane

07 July 2015 I grew up on stories of midwifery in the East End of London. It was probably one of the main reasons I became a midwife and went to the UK to undertake my midwifery training. My mum was a midwife in the East End of London in the 1950s.

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Calling the midwife memories

21 July 2017 A call has gone out from the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland for midwives and mothers from all over Ireland to share their pregnancy and birth memories for the 100th anniversary of the Midwives (Ireland) Act in 2018.

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Influencing

Royal College of Midwives Chief Executive visits Cornwall maternity units

24 June 2019 Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, Gill Walton, made a three-day visit to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly last week, finding out about the progress the Royal Cornwall Hospital's midwifery team has been ...

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RCM Statement on One to One going into administration

30 July 2019 Royal College of Midwives Statement in response to One to One midwifery services going into administration

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Royal Colleges respond to the latest clinical findings from the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit

12 September 2019 The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit is a major analysis of NHS maternity and neonatal services in Britain. Launched in 2016, it uses data collected by hospitals to evaluate a range of care processes and outcomes, and produces high-quality ...