St David’s Day conference 2025.

Belong, thrive and unite, celebrating midwifery in Wales

Following the resounding success of last year’s St David’s day conference RCM Wales look forward to welcoming midwives, MSW’s, student midwives, and the wider midwifery community to the 2025 RCM St David’s Day conference. The theme this year will be to celebrate midwifery in Wales – belong, thrive and unite.

Connect with people from across maternity in Wales, meet the RCM team and network with colleagues. The programme will explore the journey throughout maternity in Wales and to celebrate the midwife and MSW professions.

The conference is a wonderful opportunity for shared learning in the form of posters, panel discussions and amazing speakers to celebrating the wonderful professions within maternity that we are lucky to belong too.

Download the conference programme for the posters and speaker biographies

Huge thanks to our sponsors

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

https://heiw.nhs.wales/

HEIW is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales. As a Special Health Authority, we have a unique contribution to make in addressing strategic and specialist workforce issues, making Wales a great place to train and work for our health and care staff and maximising the contribution of all professions and occupations through our statutory functions. https://www.linkedin.com/company/nhs-heiw/

Apira Ltd

www.apira.co.uk , Social media www.linkedin.com/apiraltd

Apira is a leading digital healthcare consultancy that was formed in 1997 which and has helped more than 100 NHS organisations gain the most from technology and information. With over 70 consultants supported by our leadership team and board including our Executive Chair and Medical Director, we are here to help to de-risk your digital journey, always providing 100% independent advice to the NHS. We work locally, regionally and nationally centrally to provide the most valuable insight possible for all our NHS clients including NHS Trusts across care settings such as maternity and neo natal as well as national bodies.

Birthrate Plus®

https://birthrateplus.co.uk

The Birthrate Plus® workforce planning calculation determines the required total midwifery workforce establishment for all hospital and community services, whilst the Acuity App assesses real time staffing based on the clinical needs of women and babies for intrapartum and ward areas. Together they support the provision of safe and effective care which is both sensitive and responsive to changes in acuity and workforce.

Hybu Cig Cymru/ Meat Promotion Wales

www.Eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com

For Health Professionals ; redmeathub.wales

Hybu Cig Cymru is the Industry led organization responsible for the development, promotion and marketing of Welsh red meat. HCC are the guardians for PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI Welsh Beef. Welsh red meat is very versatile and nutrient dense and can be a very important part of a balanced diet.

Llais Cymru

https://www.llaiswales.org/

As the Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care in Wales, Llais work together with the people of Wales, locally, regionally and nationally, to give them a stronger voice, and represent their interests.

• Facebook: @llaiscymru  @llaiswales
• X: @Llais_Cymru  @Llais_Wales
• Instagram: @llais_Cymru   @llais_Wales

Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC)

www.nmc.org.uk Social media @nmcnews

• Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery practice that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing. As the independent regulator of more than 826,000 nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England, we have an important role to play in making this vision a reality.
• Our core role is to regulate. We set and promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England and quality assure their education programmes. We maintain the integrity of the register of those eligible to practise. And we investigate concerns about professionals – something that affects very few people on our register every year.
• To regulate well, we supportnursing and midwifery professionals and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout professionals’ careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address challenges they face. We work collaboratively so everyone feels engaged and empowered to shape our work.
• We work with our partners to address common concerns, share our data, insight and learning, to influenceand inform decision-making and help drive improvement in health and social care for people and communities.

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW)

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AGIC yw rheoleiddiwr gofal iechyd annibynnol ac arolygiaeth gofal iechyd y GIG yng Nghymru. Ein diben yw gwirio bod gwasanaethau gofal iechyd yn cael eu darparu mewn ffordd sy’n mwyafu iechyd a llesiant pobl. Rydym yn edrych ar ansawdd, diogelwch ac effeithiolrwydd y gwasanaethau sy’n cael eu darparu i bobl a chymunedau, gan dynnu sylw at arferion da lle rydym yn eu gweld a mynd i’r afael ag arferion a allai achosi niwed i’r rhai sy’n eu derbyn. Yr hyn sydd o bwys i bobl a chymunedau sydd wrth wraidd yr hyn yr ydym yn ei wneud. Ein nod yw darparu sicrwydd, hyrwyddo gwelliant, a dylanwadu ar bolisi a safonau.

HIW is the regulator of independent healthcare and the inspectorate of NHS healthcare in Wales. Our purpose is to check that healthcare services are provided in a way which maximises the health and wellbeing of people. We look at the quality, safety and effectiveness of the services being provided to people and communities, drawing attention to good practice where we find it and calling out practice that could cause harm to those who are receiving it. What matters to people and communities is core to what we do. We aim to provide assurance, promote improvement and influence policy and standards.

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• Facebook – Healthcare Inspectorate Wales – HIW
• Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru – AGIC
• LinkedIn – Healthcare Inspectorate Wales – HIW
• Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru – AGIC

Improvement Cymru

Improvement Cymru is part of the NHS Wales Executive, working alongside Welsh Government and our colleagues across the NHS to empower, embed and elevate improvements to quality and safety. Our aim is to create the best quality health and care system for Wales so that everyone has access to safe, effective, and efficient care in the right place and at the right time. Keep up to date with our work by visiting our website and signing up to our digital newsletter.

• X: @ImprovementCym
• Facebook: Improvement Cymru
• LinkedIn: Improvement Cymru
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel and listen to our podcast, Talking Improvement.

Public Health Wales (Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme)

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Public Health Wales is the national public health organisation for Wales. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations. Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, provide system leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the primary source of public health information, research and innovation, to help everyone in Wales live healthier lives.

The Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP) of Public Health Wales was established in July 2005. It draws on support from a variety of existing partners across NHS Wales and beyond to support a national approach to Immunisations and vaccinations.

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PublicHealthWales and https://www.facebook.com/iechydcyhoedduscymru/
• Instagram: @publichealthwales
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/public-health-wales
• X: @PublicHealthW @IechydCyhoeddus
• TikTok: @publichealthwales