Chancellor’s plans: a threat not a help to the NHS
By Stuart Bonar Public Affairs Advisor Maternity Safety Politics Government Before disappearing off to their party conferences, politicians have been back at Westminster for a couple of days, frantically making announcements in the little time they have. RCM Public Affairs Advisor Stuart Bonar shares what recent announcements at Westminster means for RCM members and wider […]
How to stand up for high standards
Standing up for high standards, can sometimes mean speaking out on culture and practices around you, speaking truth to power and sometimes making yourself unpopular. As a member of a trade union, we know it is important for individuals to be heard and collective action to take place. Speaking out for positive change is the […]
Asymptomatic testing
By Director of Employment Relations Alice Sorby on 31 August 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Safety Maternity Safety Covid-19 covid-19 Following the Government’s announcement to pause asymptomatic testing for COVID, RCM Director of Employment Relations Alice Sorby shares the RCM position along with workplace support and the employer’s legal duty to your health, […]
Inclusive language in maternity care to address inequalities
On 11 August 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Safety Maternity Safety Equality and Diversity LGBT Maternity services should be welcoming and accessible to all those who need them – and all those who work in them. Over recent months, the RCM has been developing its position on inclusion, to ensure that the language […]
Ockenden: what next?
By Sean O’Sullivan, Head of Health and Social Policy, RCM on 08 August 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Safety Maternity Safety It is now over four months since the Ockenden report into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was published. On the day of its publication, Sajid Javid, the then […]
World Breastfeeding Week: step up for breastfeeding
By Clare Livingstone, Professional Policy Advisor RCM on 02 August 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers World Breastfeeding Week Breastfeeding It’s World Breastfeeding Week 2022 – Step Up For Breastfeeding. From 1 August, we will focus on inequalities and food security and how the cost of living crisis is biting at the finances of households across […]
120 years of the Midwives Act in England and Wales
By Fiona Gibb, Head of Education RCM on 31 July 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers NHS Unions Trade Unions Covid-19 31 July 2022 marks the 120 anniversary of the 1902 Midwives Act. The Act has been credited as the first formal recognition and development of professional midwifery. Of course, midwifery is one of […]
Want to make a difference when it comes to pay?
By Alice Sorby, Director Employment Relations on 26 July 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers NHS Unions Trade Unions Covid-19 Trade unions are rarely out of the news at the moment. Across the public and private sector union members are saying they have had enough. Had enough of being worse off, working harder and […]
Postdoctoral Nursing and Midwifery Colloquium 2022
on 25 July 2022 The Postdoctoral Nursing and Midwifery Colloquium 2022 will be held 30 September and is organised by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nursing & Midwifery, in collaboration with the NIHR Nursing & Midwifery Incubator. The colloquium is aimed at postdoctoral nurses and midwives clinical academics who are working in […]
Call for research participation: Language Quality in Maternity Services
By Doctoral Research Student at the University of East Anglia, Li Li on 18 July 2022 My name is Li Li, a Mandarin Chinese interpreter and translator and a Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE)-funded collaborative doctoral research student at the University of East Anglia. My PhD project is entitled: Language […]