RCM Essentials
RCM Essentials RCM activists can access promotional or campaign materials by logging into their ‘RCM Essentials’ account Credits are allocated on a pro-rata basis over the year. Items purchased should be used when holding a learning event, recruitment event, maintaining your RCM noticeboard or other branch activity. This content is for Activists RCM Essentials log in […]
Discussing the RSV vaccine and other vaccinations during pregnancy
As new data is published on the uptake of the RSV vaccine among pregnant women, Clare Livingstone the RCM’s Professional Advisor for Policy and Public Health looks at the role midwives are playing in the rollout of this vaccine Midwives play a vital role in public health, providing care for women, their babies and families. When it comes […]
RCM publishes results of pay consultation with members in Northern Ireland
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) working in the HSC in Northern Ireland have had their say on the overdue 5.5% pay award announced in December. Following a two-week consultation the RCM says 76 percent of its members who voted said the 2024/25 award is acceptable as a step towards addressing the long term pay cuts […]
International day of the midwife
International day of the midwife How will you be celebrating IDM 2025? IDM takes place on 5 May and is an occasion for every midwife to think about the many others in the profession, to make new contacts within and outside midwifery, and to widen the knowledge of what midwives do for the world. The […]
Bargaining for fairer work
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RCM Scotland calls for ‘a significant’ pay increase for its members
Today RCM Scotland has called for ‘a significant and above inflation’ pay increase that reflects the true cost of living in Scotland in its pay claim for the 2025/26 pay round. The joint unions’ pay claim was submitted by the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee (STAC), of which the RCM is a member. It has […]
Campaign to improve pay for RCM members continues
Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) were in London this week giving oral evidence about the lived experience of midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) to the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB). They were joined by RCM staff who also urged the PRB to consider the bigger picture when it comes to pay […]
Inspiring leaders: notes from the front line
Dr Cath Bishop is a triple Olympian and former British diplomat who specialized in global conflict issues. She is now a leadership and culture coach and speaker on topics around performance, resilience and workplace culture. Cath is the author of an acclaimed book about how we define success in sport, business, education and life: ‘The Long Win’. Cath teaches on Executive Education […]
RCM Wales welcomes rollout of electronic health record and maternity app
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales has welcomed an announcement from Welsh Government that electronic health records (EHR) and an app for maternity care will be introduced by March 2026. Maternity services can deliver safer care with the use of digital technology says the RCM as the EHR will enable pregnant women to […]
A look behind the headlines on Scotland’s maternity services
After a week of more news headlines on the safety of Scotland’s maternity services RCM’s Director for Scotland Jaki Lambert discusses the reality behind the headlines. No midwife or maternity care assistant (MCA) wants to see headlines about women and families not receiving the care they need. Yet this week that’s sadly what we’ve seen, […]