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Kent midwives wins national award for ‘liquid gold’ breastmilk project

08 May 2020 Two Kent midwives who increased the collection and use of antenatal breastmilk have won the JOHNSON’S® Excellence in Maternity Care and Innovation Award in the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Awards

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London midwives win national award for mental health work

07 May 2020 Two midwives who improved care for women with severe perinatal mental health needs have won the Excellence in Perinatal Mental Health Award in the RCM’s Annual Midwifery Awards. The award comes during Maternal Mental Health Week from 4 to 10 ...

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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 ...

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Inspirational Sheffield student midwife wins national award

05 May 2020 A Sheffield student midwife who has shown incredible dedication in supporting midwifery and healthcare students has named the Royal College of Midwives Pregnacare Student Midwife of the Year Award.

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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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RCM responds to NAO report on Readying the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19

12 June 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) calls for lessons to be learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic responding to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published today.

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System failing BAME women says RCM on new study

08 June 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for urgent action as a study published in the BMJ today (Monday 8 June) shows more than half of pregnant women recently admitted to UK hospitals with a COVID-19 infection were from black, Asian or ...

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RCM says it will challenge itself to do better on race issues as it launches new campaign

21 June 2020 ‘We will challenge ourselves to do better when it comes to tackling race, equality and discrimination issues.’ That is the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it launches Race Matters, a new campaign to tackle race issues within ...

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Women should get birth pain relief that is right for them says  RCM on new research

21 July 2020 Women should get the pain relief that is right for them says the Royal College of Midwives responding to new research on pain relief in childbirth.