End NHS maternity charges for vulnerable migrants, say midwives
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End NHS maternity charges for vulnerable migrants, say midwives

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/09/end-nhs-maternity-charges-for-vulnerable-migrants-say-midwives By Patrick Greenfield Destitute women and their babies are ‘put at risk of avoidable harm’ by high fees Midwives have called on the government to scrap NHS charges that can amount to tens of thousands of pounds for pregnant women who are refugees, migrants or visiting from overseas, amid concerns that…

HRH The Princess Royal visits Royal Cornwall Hospital maternity services
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HRH The Princess Royal visits Royal Cornwall Hospital maternity services

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/News/hrh-princess-royal-cornwall-maternity-services By National Health Executive HRH The Princess Royal – who is a patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) – met with midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs), student midwives and other members of staff at The Princess Alexandra Maternity Wing on 26 July for royal recognition of the…

Expectant mothers to be given same midwife throughout pregnancy in £40million NHS promise
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Expectant mothers to be given same midwife throughout pregnancy in £40million NHS promise

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/05/expectant-mothers-given-midwife-throughout-pregnancy-40million/ By  Dominic Nicholls All expectant mothers are to be given the same midwife throughout their pregnancy in a £40 million NHS promise. Maternity deaths are expected to fall by 50 per cent after thousands more expectant mothers will be offered a named midwife to guide them through pregnancy. To…

Baby heart monitor training made mandatory in Scotland
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Baby heart monitor training made mandatory in Scotland

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-46803359 By  Lucy Adams at BBC Scotland correspondent Regular training in properly monitoring baby heart rates during labour is to be made “mandatory” for obstetricians and midwives in Scotland. The chief medical officer and chief nursing officer have written to every health board in Scotland to make the training compulsory. It follows a…

Quarter of UK student nurses drop out before graduation, study finds
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Quarter of UK student nurses drop out before graduation, study finds

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/03/quarter-of-uk-student-nurses-drop-out-before-graduation-study-finds By Haroon Siddique Nearly a quarter of student nurses are dropping out of their degree courses before graduation, according to figures that bode ill for the staffing crisis in the NHS. Of 16,544 UK nursing students at 55 universities who began three-year degrees that were due to finish last year, 4,027 left their…