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 […]
Pushing forward to end violence against women
By Gill Walton, General Secretary, RCM on 25 November 2022 Maternity Services Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Domestic Abuse Health and social care Government Human Rights Immigrant Women Maternal Mental health Perinatal Mental Health Caring For You campaign Cavell Nurses’ Trust Child abuse Antenatal / Prenatal Bullying and Harassment For International Day for […]
Addressing the impact of staffing shortages
By Sean O’Sullivan, Head of Health and Social Policy, RCM on 27 October 2022 Maternity Services Midwifery Workforce MSWs – Maternity Support Workers Safety Staffing Levels Earlier this month, the Maternity All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) and the Baby Loss APPG issued a joint calling for urgent action to address staffing shortages in maternity services. […]
Project MADAM
By Doctoral Research Student at Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands and visiting researcher at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust My name is Charlotte, I am a French-Dutch medical doctor and a PhD candidate at Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands. I am also a visiting researcher at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust […]