Staff shortages adversely impacts quality of care and staff wellbeing
By Sean O’Sullivan, Head of Health and Social Policy, RCM on 08 March 2023 Maternity Services RCM Research Staffing Levels Trade Unions UK Women Maternity Safety RCM delegates at this week’s TUC Women’s Conference have called on our sister unions to back a campaign to ensure that maternity workforce planning is based on the needs […]
International Women’s Day 2023
By Joy Kemp, Global Professional Advisor, The Royal College of Midwives on 08 March 2023 International Women’s Day (8 March) has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. It is an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements, to support them and lift them up and to call for action to accelerate women’s equality. As […]
Have your say on the Scotland pay offer
By Jaki Lambert, Director Scotland on 02 March 2023 Maternity Services RCM Trade Unions TUC I do enjoy this time of the year. Signs of spring start to show and the small and often overlooked snowdrops are the first to burst through not giving a hoot, with resistance against the bleak Scottish winter and hope […]
My journey into maternity research
By Zoe Vowles, RM, MSc, Clinical Research Midwife at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS FT/Research Assistant at NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London Maternity and Perinatal Mental Health theme and NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow on 28 February 2023 Maternity Services RCM Research Perinatal Mental Health I first became interested in research after undertaking an […]
Together we stand for maternity services: a glimpse into the current crisis
By Suzanne Tyler RCM Executive Director, Trade Union on 23 February 2023 Maternity Services RCM Trade Unions TUC Seven maternity units across England in three-and-a-half days – tertiary units, mid-sized units, relatively new builds and some real vintage estates. Everywhere I went, midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) continue to put women first and pull […]
Heart Unions: an opportunity to celebrate and connect
By Suzanne Tyler RCM Executive Director, Trade Union on 14 February 2023 Maternity Services RCM Trade Unions Wales Pay and Agenda For Change Welsh Government Almost seven million workers in the UK belong to trades unions and together we stand for something very simple: making the working lives of our members better. For the Royal […]
Take home a Small Research Award
By Jenny Cunningham and Judith Field, RCM Research Advisors on 16 January 2023 Maternity Services Research Student midwives Awards Education Research is a fundamental part of the midwife’s role, and we want to support members embarking on their research journey. To help midwives in exploring the research pathway, the RCM has created a new award […]
Continuing to campaign for a decent deal and tackling the workforce crisis
By Alice Sorby, Director Employment Relations, RCM on 11 January 2023 Maternity Services Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Government Pay and Agenda For Change We are already a couple of weeks into 2023, and front and centre of my mind – and everyone else’s at the RCM – is continuing the campaign for […]
UKCS Seminar Series 2023
The United Kingdom Continence Society have announced their first webinars of 2023. Join them on 19 January 2023 at 17:00 for ‘Postnatal Bladder Care 101’. ‘Pregnancy and childbirth can have a significant impact on a woman’s bladder, health, and continence. This impact can result in both short- and long-term negative sequelae. All practitioners involved in […]
Supporting staff health is key to keeping them in the workforce
By Tara Kaufmann, Policy Advisor, RCM on 07 December 2022 Maternity Services Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Health and social care Government Human Rights Caring For You campaign Cavell Nurses’ Trust Following the latest report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) on public health, RCMs Policy Advisor Tara Kaufmann shares the […]