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• • RCM Scotland
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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RCM Scotland welcomes lifting of public sector pay cap

05 September 2017 Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed this afternoon that the 1% cap on public sector pay rises in Scotland will be scrapped from next year.

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• • RCM Scotland
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwife Shortage

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RCM Scotland welcomes increase in student midwife bursary announced today

09 October 2018 Today the First Minister of Scotland has announced an increase in bursaries for student midwives and nurses.

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• • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland
  • Scottish Maternity Services
  • Brexit

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RCM welcomes commitment to reduce health inequalities in SNP Manifesto

27 November 2019 Today the Scottish National Party published their General Election Manifesto. Commenting on the manifesto, Mary Ross-Davie, Director for Scotland at the Royal College of Midwives, said: “The RCM is committed to protecting the NHS and lobbying ...

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• • Midwives Magazine
  • Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • RCM Scotland

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Country news: Scotland

05 March 2019 Country news: Scotland, from RCM director, Mary Ross-Davie

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• • Midwives
  • Newly Qualified Midwives
  • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland

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Giving the gift of poetry to midwives and nurses

19 July 2021 The wisdom of the bards is being used to support the wellbeing of newly qualified midwives and nurses in Scotland, who will be given a free poetry anthology when they graduate.

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• • Maternity Services
  • State of Maternity Services Report
  • Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • RCM Scotland

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New report highlights the state of Scotland’s maternity services

13 September 2018 The RCM has released its State of maternity services report 2018 – Scotland, which reveals the growing pressures faced by midwives in the country.

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• • RCM Scotland
  • Breastfeeding
  • Scottish Government
  • Midwives
  • Scotland

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RCM welcomes investment by Scottish Government to help mothers breastfeed for longer

30 July 2018 The Scottish Government have today pledged to help support mothers in Scotland to breastfeed for longer through a £2 million pound investment programme.

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• • Midwives
  • RCM Scotland
  • NHS Lanarkshire
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Scotland

Royal recognition for NHS Lanarkshire as The Princess Royal visits maternity unit at Wishaw

04 May 2018 Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) at University Hospital Wishaw (NHS Lanarkshire) this week received royal recognition for their work as Her Royal Highness (HRH) The Princess Royal visited their award winning maternity service.

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• • NHS Scotland
  • Midwives
  • RCM Scotland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Scotland

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‘Scottish Government must break policy of pay restraint for midwives and all  NHS workers says RCM’

24 March 2017 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have responded to today’s announcement from the Scottish Government on NHS pay for 2017/18.

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• • RCM Scotland
  • Midwives
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC
  • Maternity Services
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Scotland

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‘RCM Scotland ready to work with Government, midwives and MSW's as Best Start health boards announced’

27 September 2017 The Scottish Government has today (Thursday September 27th) named five Early Adopter Boards that will take forward the early implementation of The Best Start recommendations for maternity and neonatal services.