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From Aberdeen to Zurich: international midwife quartet win UK award

22 May 2023 A project for student midwives that stretches across international boundaries has won four midwifery lecturers from Scotland and Switzerland a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

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Supporting mental health in pregnancy project wins Barnsley midwives a national award

22 May 2023 Improving support for women with mental health issues in pregnancy has won a midwife pair from Barnsley a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Yasmeen Akhtar and Melissa Addy – specialist mental health midwives at Barnsley ...

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National award for Belfast midwives for improving bereavement care for women

25 May 2023 Two Bereavement Support Midwives from the Ulster Hospital have scooped a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for their ‘beautiful project’ to improve bereavement care for women and their partners. Susan Still, and Jacqueline ...

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Northern Ireland Midwives ‘say enough is enough’ as they prepare to go on strike

13 September 2023 Today midwives and maternity support worker (MSW) members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) across Northern Ireland have announced strike action from 8am to 4pm on Friday 22 September. They will also be taking industrial action short ...

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Midwifery education facing ‘unprecedented challenges'

13 September 2023 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is warning that plans to recruit and educate new midwives will be severely undermined unless substantial and sustained investment is made in midwifery education.

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‘Young mothers losing their lives’ says the RCM as it calls for better perinatal mental health support

18 October 2023 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is warning that young mothers need much more vital perinatal mental health support to reverse the rising trend of postnatal depression among teenage mothers.

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CQC report ‘doesn’t pull any punches’ say the RCM

20 October 2023 The latest ‘State of care ‘report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) paints a worrying picture of the state of maternity services across the UK says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

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Reconfigurations – nothing about us without us

23 May 2023 To coincide with the launch of the RCM position statement on reconfigurations, RCM Policy Advisor Tara Kaufmann shares what reconfiguration of services will mean for maternity staff and how to be consulted and have a stake in the changes.

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One giant step: Can the new strategy kickstart maternity research?

25 May 2023 With the publication of the England Chief Midwifery Officer’s maternity research strategy, MIDIRS, Head of Midwifery Information and Resource Services, Dr Sara Webb welcomes the framework as a first step to improving research in midwifery ...

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ICM strengthening bonds across midwifery

02 June 2023 RCM competition winner Susan Hughes shares what being a midwife means to her as she looks forward to attending this year's International Congress for Midwives and what she hopes to take away from the experience.