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 […]
Proud to be inclusive
By Kate Jones Equalities and Research Officer on 06 July 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers NHS Unions Trade Unions NHS Staff On Saturday 2 July the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) walked in London’s biggest ever Pride march and the first one out of lockdown. RCM’s Equalities and Research Officer Kate Jones shares […]
Research: The attitudes of midwives towards the use of NHS maternity care by international migrants
By PhD Student at the University of West of England, Ella Barclay on 30 June 2022 About me My name is Ella Barclay (BA, MSc) and I am a student at the University of West of England (UWE) working towards my PhD in Sociology. This research constitutes the data for my MRes thesis, and […]
A day in the life – National Breastfeeding Week
By infant feeding midwife Breda Murphy on 28 June 2022 NHS MSWs – Maternity Support Workers NHS Unions Trade Unions Breastfeeding For National Breastfeeding Week, infant feeding midwife Breda Murphy shares a day in the life story of being a midwife and supporting women when it comes to breastfeeding – striking a balance of providing […]
Student midwives: Win MIDIRS subscription packages at the RCM Annual Conference 2022
MIDIRS is offering five free annual MIDIRS subscription packages to student midwives who attend the RCM Annual Conference, 4-5th October 2022, ICC Wales. Book your place now here. Come to our MIDIRS stand and provide your details for the prize draw. Winners will be contacted no later than two weeks after the conference. If you are already […]