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• • RCM
  • Brexit
  • INMO - Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Trade Unions
  • RCM i-Learn

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‘RCM launches international partnership with INMO aimed at Brexit proofing midwifery learning and practice’

22 January 2018 Today (Monday January 22nd) The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) have formally launched their international partnership at the Embassy of Ireland, in London.

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• • Research
  • Birth spacing

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Ultimately woman’s choice about birth spacing says RCM on new research

29 October 2018 In a study to be published in JAMA Internal Medicine today researchers found that getting pregnant less than 12 months after delivery is associated with risks for women of all ages.

Media releases

• • Maternity Services

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Midwives comment on new annual maternity figures from NHS Digital

25 October 2018 Today (Thursday 25th October 2018) NHS Digital have published the NHS Maternity Statistics 2017-18 report*.

Media releases

• • Breastfeeding
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

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RCM responds to PHE annual breastfeeding statistics for England

24 October 2018 Today (Thursday 24 October 2018) Public Health England have published annual experimental statistics on breastfeeding prevalence at 6 to 8 weeks after birth.

Media releases

• • Abortion
  • Northern Ireland

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RCM comments on MP Diane Johnson's 10 Minute Rule Bill on the decriminalisation of abortion in the UK

23 October 2018 RCM comments on MP Diane Johnson's 10 Minute Rule Bill on the decriminalisation of abortion in the UK.

Media releases

• • Leadership
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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‘Scandal’ that in 2018 our NHS is still failing its BAME staff says RCM on new Government initiative

23 October 2018 Today the UK Government has published a new goal to eliminate the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS, and has committed to ensuring that black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation in senior leadership matches that across the rest of the ...

Media releases

• • Folic Acid
  • Pregnancy
  • Member consultation
  • Department of Health

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Midwives welcome folic acid flour fortification consultation announcement

23 October 2018 Today (12.30pm) the Government has announced that it will consult on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid in a bid to tackle foetal abnormalities.

Media releases

• • Midwife Shortage
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Fought off regional pay and will fight again says RCM on Government regional pay reports

22 October 2018 Media reports today suggest that the Government may consider adopting regional pay, with public sector workers in different regions possibly being differently than their colleagues in other regions.

Media releases

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

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'RCM launches i-learn resource to support members in developing their understanding of continuity of carer'

18 October 2018 Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have relaunched an i-learn module on continuity of carer. The relaunched module now includes a new animation which helps to explain some approaches to on calls in a continuity team.

Media releases

• • Folic Acid
  • Consultations

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Midwives welcome folic acid flour fortification announcement

15 October 2018 Media reports today say that the Government has said it will introduce the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid to help prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida.