ICM strengthening bonds across midwifery
By Susan Hughes, Consultant Midwife, Gloucester Hospitals Trust and Worcester University on 02 June 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery ICM – International Congress of Midwives RCM competition winner Susan Hughes shares what being a midwife means to her as she looks forward to attending this year’s International Congress for Midwives and […]
One giant step: Can the new strategy kickstart maternity research?
By Dr Sara Webb, MIDIRS, Head of Midwifery Information and Resource Services on 25 May 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery Research With the publication of the England Chief Midwifery Officer’s maternity research strategy, MIDIRS, Head of Midwifery Information and Resource Services, Dr Sara Webb welcomes the framework as a first step […]
Reconfigurations – nothing about us without us
By RCM Policy Advisor Tara Kaufmann on 23 May 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery To coincide with the publication of the RCM position statement on reconfigurations, RCM Policy Advisor Tara Kaufmann shares what reconfiguration of services will mean for maternity staff and how to be consulted and have a stake in […]
Raising your voice: Why the RCM Board elections matter
By Giuseppe Labriola, Chair RCM Board on 22 May 2023 RCM Board Elections Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery Equality and Diversity As ballot papers for the RCM Board elections begin to land on doormats, Giuseppe Labriola reflects on his time as Chair – and issues a call to action to all RCM […]
Celebrating midwifery: time to reset?
By Fiona Gibb, Director Professional Midwifery, RCM on 09 May 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce IDM – International Day of the Midwife Midwifery NHS Staff Education Equality and Diversity Research Fiona Gibb, Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM) Director Professional Midwifery, shares ways that midwives can reclaim and promote our professional identity, with […]
IDM: what it means to be a midwife
By Gill Walton, General Secretary, RCM on 05 May 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce IDM – International Day of the Midwife ICM – International Congress of Midwives Midwifery Midwife Shortage NHS Staff Safety Staffing Levels Trade Unions As we come together to celebrate International Day of the Midwife, RCM Chief Executive Gill […]
The First European Midwifery week
By Lia Brigante, RCM International Team on 04 May 2023 The European Nursing & Midwifery Week (#ENMW2023) was developed by EFNNMA, a collaborative organization of WHO Regional Office for Europe, to celebrate and recognise nurses and midwives in Europe. The 33th birthday of International Day of the Midwife (IDM) is fast approaching on the 5th of […]
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 […]