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Marie Stopes UK shortlisted for a prestigious Nursing Times Team of the Year Award
The nomination highlights the incredible work that went in to implementing a new telemedicine pathway, making it possible to offer “at-home” early medical abortion just six days after it was approved by the Government. The telemedicine transformation removed the barriers preventing women accessing care during the pandemic and negated the need for thousands of women a month…
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MSI Reproductive Choices launches new web chat service in response to rise in domestic violence during lockdown
MSI Reproductive Choices UK’s new live web chat service offers a ‘lifeline’ to vulnerable women facing an unintended pregnancy during Covid-19. London, 30th June 2020The leading abortion charity’s new support service has been launched in response to the anxiety that many women have reported during lockdown about reaching out for support over the phone and…
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Extending choice for women in Devon
London, March 27th, 2020 Marie Stopes UK is delighted to announce that we are opening three new clinics in Devon offering women in the region increased access to NHS-funded early medical abortion. Abortion in Devon: Exeter, Paignton and Plymouth new clinics A new clinic will open in Exeter on April 1, with another to follow in Paignton in the coming months.…
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MSI Reproductive Choices receives Capital Nurse Quality Mark for Preceptorship Programme
MSI Reproductive Choices UK receives Capital Nurse Quality Mark for Preceptorship Programme MSI Reproductive Choices UK is proud to have been awarded the CapitalNurse Quality Mark for the outstanding support it offers to newly qualified nurses and midwives. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) recognises that newly qualified nurses and midwives need support when they start their…
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Marie Stopes UK to start new telemedicine service to deliver early medical abortion care
London, Sunday, 5 April 2020: From Monday 6th April 2020, Marie Stopes UK (MSUK) will start a brand-new telemedicine service to deliver early medical abortion care. The change comes after the Government issued the temporary approval of home use for both stages of early medical abortion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that following a screening…
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Abortion providers share their stories
Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, held annually on 10th March, gives us the opportunity to celebrate our dedicated abortion providers who work tirelessly to make choice a reality for women. Wherever in the world our providers work, we know they have to confront stigma and opposition to deliver services. But what’s it really like to be…
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Giving choice to women around the world: our impact in 2019
Because every woman has the right to determine her own future. Every day, our teams around the world meet thousands of women. At Marie Stopes International, our mission is to ensure every single one of them has the knowledge, tools and power to build the life they want. Around the world today, 32 million women are using contraception…
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Marie Stopes UK welcomes new Medical Director
Marie Stopes UK welcomes new Medical Director London, 5th February 2020: Marie Stopes UK, one of the UK’s leading providers of safe abortion, is delighted to welcome Dr Jonathan Lord as its new Medical Director. Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro since 2004, Jonathan has not only delivered abortion care for…
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2020: the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
2020 has been designated by the World Health Organisation as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife Our nurses and midwives do incredible work throughout the UK bringing choice to women Ask 100 people what midwives do and the top answer by far will be ‘deliver babies’. Yet, with a vast breadth of knowledge…
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Marie Stopes Leeds awarded the first ‘Outstanding’ domain rating in our sector
London, 20th November 2019 Marie Stopes Leeds has been rated as Good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). A significant feature of the report is the first ‘Outstanding’ domain rating for a service within our sector, following an inspection earlier this year. The report from the CQC, the independent regulator of health and adult social…
