Cardiff midwifery research team scoop coveted award for research into waterbirths
The POOL study team from Cardiff University has won a prestigious award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for its research into the safety of waterbirths. The team conducted the largest global study of waterbirths among more than 73,000 women which has provided convincing and conclusive evidence of this form of birthing when carried […]
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust wins coveted award for innovative training of Maternity Support Workers
Introducing the role of Maternity Support Workers (MSWs) and establishing a nationally standardised definition of the role has won a midwifery team from the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The team won the award for Excellence in Midwifery for Education and Learning in the RCM’s […]
Surrey midwife’s work on equity and inclusion bags her a coveted award
A midwife from the University of Surrey has won a prestigious award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for a research project which has culminated in the development of a multi award-winning asynchronous interview platform. Dr Alison Callwood, who has spent over 15 years researching and implementing radical change in selection processes to challenge […]
Social media service run by midwives wins coveted award
The “Ask a Midwife” service, run by a team of midwives from Humber and North Yorkshire Local Maternity and Neonatal system, has won a prestigious award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The RCM’s Outstanding Contribution to Midwifery Services: Digital award recognises the role that digital innovation can contribute to maternity services, safety and […]
National midwifery awards recognise work of midwives and MSWs
The work of midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs) and midwifery teams from across the UK has been recognised and rewarded at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Awards which took place in London today. No less than 14 awards were handed out, across categories including maternity safety, perinatal mental health care for women, diversity and […]
Inspiring Activists share what drives them to support RCM members
Stories of bargaining for better terms and conditions, improving wellbeing through branch initiatives, supporting members experiencing unfair treatment, and wins on the regrading of roles where all shared as RCM Activists gathered for the RCM’s Annual Activists Conference South this week. ‘Everybody in: Your place in the RCM’ was the theme of this year’s conference […]
RCM welcomes the extension of baby loss certificates
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the Department of Health and Social Care’s decision to remove the 2018 cut-off date to allow all those who have experienced pregnancy loss in England to request a Baby Loss Certificate. The certificate service is a voluntary scheme to enable parents who have experienced a baby or […]
RCM joins call for more action to end maternal mortality disparities
Women should not die simply because they are Black, Asian or poor. This is the stark message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) following the publication of the latest MBRRACE-UK report, Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care, into maternal deaths during and immediately following pregnancy between 2020 and 2022. The RCM has long called for […]
MIDIRS celebrates Black History Month
For Black History Month, MIDIRS is taking a look back at authors published in our Midwifery Digest to shine a spotlight on black authors with a plethora of specialisms, interests and passions. Below, we have listed just a few of our favourites with their abstracts and a download link. We hope you join us in […]
RCM members in Wales say pay award ‘not good enough’
Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales have had their say on the 5.5% pay award. The results of a two-week consultation with midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in working in the NHS in Wales has resulted in over half (56%) of respondents saying the award is ‘unacceptable’. The RCM says […]