Empowering student midwives to identify and support survivors of domestic violence
Event Details Date: 25 March 2026 Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm Capacity: 100 Available spaces: 100 Registration: Open Book Now
What does the Scottish Budget mean for you and the families you care for?
Every year the Scottish Government sets out how it will spend public money across Scotland. For those of us working in maternity services, this matters. It directly affects our pay, our staffing levels, the services we can deliver, and crucially the support available to the families we work with every day. As expected this is clearly an […]
AI and automation helping midwives spend more time with women
Midwives are using automation to help manage referrals and appointments, slashing admin time and freeing them up to spend more time with women. One NHS trust has introduced an automation programme, using a series of robots to streamline the booking and referrals process, as well as providing notifications of emergency department attendance, ensuring women receive timely care. Another is […]
Digital Symposium
Event Details Date: 16 April 2026 Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm Capacity: 150 Available spaces: 128 Registration: Open Book Now
The RCM responds to Baroness Amos’ interim report on maternity services
The Royal College of Midwives has responded to Baroness Amos’ interim report on maternity services, calling for urgent action on safe staffing and proper investment after the review highlighted systemic failings across maternity care. The report, which examined maternity services found that despite 748 recommendations made over the past decade, change has been “too slow.” […]
RCM to help shape Government’s Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the Government’s invitation to help shape the new Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce in England. The taskforce, which will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, will turn the national maternity investigation’s recommendations into a national action plan. Following the RCM’s […]
Activist conference 2026
Event Details Date: 23 April 2026 Time: 8:00am – 4:30pm Capacity: 100 Available spaces: 41 Registration: Open Book Now
Failure of oversight means NMC is letting down midwifery educators and students and not fulfilling its duty to protect the public, says RCM
Following a Sunday Times investigation into midwifery education published today, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has reiterated its calls to invest more in the education of the next generation of midwives and those working in the university sector. The RCM said the Sunday Times’ findings reflect long-standing issues it has raised repeatedly about inadequate […]
The RCM says no time to waste as Scottish Government launches national review into maternity services
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said there is no time to waste, following the Scottish Government’s announcement of a new national review into maternity care. The RCM has previously expressed concern that reviews and investigations risk halting progress and improvement. The College said any such review must lead to urgent action as any […]
Books on prescription: How reading can support health and wellbeing
Event Details Date: 24 February 2026 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Capacity: 200 Available spaces: 200 Registration: Open Book Now