Last week saw the publication of “Guidance on Applying Compensatory Rest Related to On-Call for Staff Employed Under Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions”, published as part of the NHS Scotland Agenda for Change (AfC) Review, via the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee (STAC). The RCM pushed for its development to ensure that midwives and other AfC staff were effectively supported in achieving adequate rest should they be called upon to support a contingency of service. 

With the focus of this year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign on the growing and often invisible threat of online abuse, RCM Chief Executive Gill Walton explains why the College takes part in 16 Days – and what we can do to support the midwifery community and women in our care.

Following the launch of the RCM’s Digital Midwives Network Forum, Karen Gray talks us through the importance of connecting digital midwives with each other.