Press
IMUK on Woman's Hour (9th May)
9th May 2013
IM UK highlight insurance issue on BBC Radio 4 Womans Hour • Women will free birth if independent midwifery is made illegal • RCM say good midwifery care is still a lottery in the NHS • ... read more »
Katy Cavanagh (actor) supports IMUK
3rd May 2013
For immediate release
Katy Cavanagh’s midwife to be made illegal
• Katy speaks out for International Day Of the Midwife (3rd May) • Coronation street star wants a solution to new laws • ... read more »
Premature cutting of the umbilical cord at birth
27th April 2013
• Less healthy babies • Long term iron deficiency • Reduced brain development • Denied early bonding Independent Midwives UK (IMUK) are delighted that main stream maternity care of the ... read more »
Open letter to the Health Minister from IMUK
27th April 2013
To Dan Poulter, Health Minister
Cc Jeremy Hunt, David Cameron, Stephen Dorrell, Margaret Hodges, Members of the Cabinet, National Press
Open letter to The Health Minister Dan Poulter from ... read more »
IMUK publishes an open letter to the Government
27th April 2013
Midwives write an open letter in the press to the Government • Government refuses urgent meeting with independent midwives
• Women and midwives request for help ignored by health ministers
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EU legislation set to destroy independent midwifery and restrict birth choice
27th March 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Families, birth workers and midwifery groups from all over the U.K took part in a protest outside Parliament on Monday 25th March at 11am in protest at EU legislation ... read more »