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• • Scotland
  • Midwifery
  • RCM Scotland
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Royal College of Midwives appoints new Scotland Director

10 November 2021 Scotland’s Professional Advisor for Midwifery and Perinatal Care Jaki Lambert has been appointed as the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) new Director for Scotland. Jaki will start in the role in February 2022.

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• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Education
  • RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
  • RCM President
  • Scotland
  • RCM Fellowship

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Former Scottish Chief Midwife awarded national honour

08 November 2021 Scotland’s former Chief Midwife, Professor Ann Holmes, has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her contribution to midwifery. She received her award at the RCM’s Annual Awards on 27 October.

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• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • RCM
  • RCM Member
  • RCM CEO
  • Benevolent fund
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

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RCM forms alliance with Cavell Nurses’ Trust to support midwives in times of hardship

15 November 2021 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Benevolent Fund has officially formed a new alliance with the Cavell Nurses’ Trust to continue supporting midwives and maternity support workers during times of personal financial hardship. The occasion ...

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• • NHS
  • Safety
  • Midwives
  • Covid-19
  • Wellbeing Of Women
  • NPEU - National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
  • The Lancet

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COVID misinformation putting pregnant women at risk, says the RCM

26 January 2022 It is more important than ever that we encourage and support pregnant women to have the COVID vaccination says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as new research shows that in the UK 98 per cent of women admitted to critical care were ...

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• • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • NHS Staff
  • Politics
  • Government

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Better workforce planning key to getting NHS back on track

12 January 2022 As the media carries more stories of cancelled operations and delays to treatment, politicians and commentators are demanding that something is done. While delays in maternity may be a possibility, finding a coherent national plan for tackling ...

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• • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • NHS Staff
  • Politics
  • Government
  • Covid-19

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A tried and trusted voice

12 January 2022 As we settle into another year, we carry with us the weight of the ongoing pandemic and added concerns and anxieties regarding the Government’s decision to introduce mandatory vaccines in England for frontline staff. This is something the ...

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• • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • NHS Staff
  • Politics
  • Government
  • Covid-19
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC

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Shout to the top

18 January 2022 The issue that we receive more feedback from members than anything else, has been the huge challenge of trying to implement continuity of carer during the stress and demands of COVID-19. Midwives are increasingly distressed that all their ...

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• • Midwives
  • NHS Unions
  • Trade Unions
  • TUC
  • Caring For You campaign

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Caring for you, working for you, fighting for you

18 February 2022 During HeartUnions week, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) highlights what it is to be a part of the only union and professional body run by midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) for midwives, MSWs and student midwives – through the ...

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• • Midwives
  • Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • RCM Scotland
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Student midwives

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RCM Scotland - your voice matters

02 March 2022 It’s nearly four weeks since I took up the post of the Director of the RCM in Scotland and I wanted to take the time to share some reflections from my first month. In many ways I feel that I have come full circle, long before becoming a midwife I was the ...

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• • Midwives
  • Women
  • Immigrant Women
  • Wellbeing Of Women
  • Women's Choice
  • Women's Rights

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Breaking the bias

08 March 2022 International Women’s Day is a day of unique significance to midwives as, besides providing care to women and their families, midwives are defenders of women’s rights and are at the forefront of advocacy work and social change within the fields ...