UNISON members urge MPs to save the NHS bursary
Student nurses descended on Parliament today to tell MPs not to scrap the NHS bursary.
Around 80 student nurses, midwives, health care assistants and others attended the mass lobby organised by UNISON and other organisations.
The government plans to scrap the NHS bursary, which was originally set up to acknowledge the fact that nurses work for the NHS – for free – for half the time they’re studying. Today UNISON members told their MPs that it’s wrong to saddle nurses with what would amount to indvidual debt of £51,600.
The NHS bursary is a lifeline for nursing, midwifery and other health students. Nursing is consi...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 25, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: ellisro Tags: News NHS bursary NHS staff save the NHS bursary Source Type: news
Plans to scrap student bursaries may cost the NHS more not less, says new report
Government plans to scrap the bursary funding for students on nursing, midwifery and other health degrees will mean around 2,000 fewer people a year will study for a career in the NHS, according to a new independent economic analysis released today (Wednesday) by UNISON and NUS.
This plummet in the number of NHS students will mean even fewer qualified new recruits for the NHS from 2020, causing trusts to spend more on agency staff or overseas recruitment to make up the inevitable shortfall in numbers, says the report.
The publication of the study – commissioned by UNISON and NUS from London Economics – coincides with a...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 24, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release bu NHS NHS bursary nursing Source Type: news
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR shares his view on abortion laws
Royal College of Midwives chief Cathy Warwick breezily committed all midwives to joining a tiny handful of countries where abortion is legal on demand until birth, writes DR MAX PEMBERTON. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why midwife boss who wants abortion at ANY time must be fired writes ISABEL OAKESHOTT
ISABEL OAKESHOTT: What the blazes has got into the Royal College of Midwives? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RCM finds itself at centre of row over abortion laws
The Royal College of Midwives has been forced to clarify its position on termination after it found itself the focus of fierce criticism in the national press. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - May 16, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
How women can go 9 months without knowing they’re pregnant
Professor Helen Cheyne, from the Royal College of Midwives, says one in about 2,500 births are cryptic pregnancies - where the mother has no idea she is expecting. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RCM launches guides on menopause and equality in the workplace
The Royal College of Midwives has launched a series of five guides which look at issues including the menopause and equality in the workplace
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Source: Nursing in Practice - April 29, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Kerrie Schofield Tags: Professional Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news
RCM backs remaining in the European Union
The Royal College of Midwives is backing remaining in the European Union which it says protects midwives and the public
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Source: Management in Practice - April 19, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: kschofield Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Latest News Source Type: news
RCM backs remaining in the European Union
The Royal College of Midwives is backing remaining in the European Union which it says protects midwives and the public
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Source: Nursing in Practice - April 19, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Kerrie Schofield Tags: Professional Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news
Midwives’ union latest to declare position on EU
The Royal College of Midwives has today announced it is in favour of remaining in the European Union, ahead of the referendum in June. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - April 19, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Staff increases 'insignificant', warns BMA
Modest increases in NHS staffing levels are ‘insignificant’ and go no way towards addressing the vast challenges facing the health service, according to the BMA.
The warning comes after a report published by the HSCIC (Health and Social Care Information Centre) showed a 1.8 per cent rise in overall numbers of FTE (full-time-equivalent) staff working in the NHS in the period ending 30 September 2015, compared to the same period the previous year.
BMA council chair Mark Porter (pictured) said that the increase, which translates to an additional 18,300 across the whole health service, would not begin to address th...
Source: BMA News - March 31, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Interim RCOG/RCM/PHE/HPS (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists/Royal College of Midwives/Public Health England/Health Protection Scotland) Clinical Guidelines: Zika Virus Infection and Pregnancy Information for Healthcare Professionals; Updated 03/11/16
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 03/11/2016This 13-page document provides guidelines updated on March 11, 2016, on Zika virus in pregnancy for healthcare professionals. It discusses Zika epidemiology, transmission, symptoms, and Zika virus in the Americas and microcephaly. It includes advice for pregnant women, and recommendations for pregnant women who have traveled to an area of Zika virus transmission. (PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Mom Schools The Internet On The Magic Of Breast Milk In Viral Post
A mom's viral Facebook post is teaching the Internet about the power of breast milk. On Feb. 14, Mallory Smothers posted a photo of two side-by-side bags of her pumped breast milk from two consecutive days. The bag on the right contained milk pumped on the second day, after a night spent nursing her baby, who had started coming down with a cold. Citing a 2013 study from Clinical and Translational Immunology, Smothers offered a possible explanation for the discrepancy in appearance between the two milks. "I read an article from a medical journal not too long ago about how Mom's milk changes to tailor baby's needs in more...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Interim RCOG/RCM/PHE/HPS (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists/Royal College of Midwives/Public Health England/Health Protection Scotland) Clinical Guidelines: Zika Virus Infection and Pregnancy Information for Healthcare Professionals
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 01/29/2016This 13-page document provides guidelines on Zika virus in pregnancy for healthcare professionals. It discusses Zika epidemiology, transmission, symptoms, and Zika virus in the Americas and microcephaly. It includes advice for pregnant women, and recommendations for pregnant women who have traveled to an area of Zika virus transmission. (PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Britain's older midwives are a ticking timebomb that needs defusing - fast
A new report has found that Britain's ageing midwives are struggling to cope with a rise in births among women over 40. Royal College of Midwives chief Cathy Warwick explains why mums deserve so much better (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: maternity care pregnancy baby birth NHS pregnant midwives midwife older mother hosptial Source Type: news
