MIDIRS Monthly – We need to talk about the Midwife Mental Health Crisis
By Rachel Housego on 28 April 2023 An Informal Introduction I am sitting here in a coffee shop, thinking about the profession, and the journey I began as a teenager, and it is with this hindsight (and a very large coffee) that I consider the ways in which midwifery has made me who I am […]
Scottish Government must act now to put more in maternity care
By Jackie Baillie MSP for Dumbarton, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care and Drugs Policy, and Scottish Labour Deputy Leader on 27 April 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Scottish Government Scottish Maternity Services Jackie Ballie, Member of the Scottish Parliament, writes for the RCM on the importance of […]
To be or not to be, that’s the question
By Veronica Blanco Gutierrez, registered nurse and midwife on 18 April 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Research I write these lines on the train while on my way to University. I am Veronica, and I am a registered nurse and midwife. I am currently undertaking a full-time PhD at the University of […]
Show me the money: the missing link in NHS England’s single delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services
By Sean O’Sullivan, Head of Health & Social Policy, RCM on 13 April 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce The much-trailed three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services was finally published at the end of last month (30 March) by NHS England. The plan is intended to provide support to services in […]
Numberjacks: New calculations reveal growing midwife shortage
By Stuart Bona, Public Affairs Advisor on 05 April 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Education Midwives Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers England Pay and Agenda For Change Government NHS Pay Review Body NHS England Politics The RCM’s Public Affairs Advisor, Stuart Bonar, explains how the midwife shortage in England is getting bigger, rather […]
Progress needs to be at pace, but not a snail’s pace
By Abbie Aplin, RCM Director Maternity Reform on 04 April 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Education Midwives Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers England Pay and Agenda For Change Government NHS Pay Review Body NHS England Politics As another report details failings in maternity care, Abbie Aplin, the RCM’s Director for Maternity Reform, outlines […]
Pay in England: what the offer means for you
By Alice Sorby, Director Employment Relations on 03 April 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Education Midwives Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers England Pay and Agenda For Change Government NHS Pay Review Body NHS England Politics Today (3 April) the RCM opened its pay consultation to members working in the NHS in England to […]