Stronger together: Building our RCM Cymru community

Following the resounding success of last year’s event, RCM Cymru is delighted to welcome midwives, MSWs, student midwives, and the wider midwifery community to the 2026 RCM St David’s Day Conference.

The theme for 2026 is ‘Building midwifery communities in Wales’ — a celebration of connection, collaboration, and the shared journey through maternity care.

Join us to connect with colleagues from across maternity services in Wales, meet the RCM team, and expand your professional network. The programme will explore the maternity journey in Wales, highlighting the achievements of the midwifery and MSW professions.

This inspiring day offers a wealth of shared learning opportunities, including poster presentations, panel discussions, and engaging keynote speakers — all dedicated to celebrating the exceptional work of those within our maternity services.

Accommodation

Please note if you need accommodation Village Hotels offers and other key workers. To get the discount, you need to sign up for or log in to your account on a platform like Health Service Discounts to receive a unique discount code for use at checkout on the Village Hotels website. 

Abstracts

We encourage submissions that support the overall theme of Stronger together: Connecting our RCM Cymru community.

Why should I submit an abstract?

• To disseminate and profile your work
• To enhance research in midwifery
• To inform your peers about positive, innovative approaches to improve maternity care
• To get support feedback/critique from your peers

We invite you to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (in English) for consideration as a poster. Your abstract must specify the aims of your innovation,  project, research, your research processes or methodology, the main outcomes/results obtained and the main conclusions. Please identify if you required and received ethical approval.

All abstracts will be reviewed by our judging panel, who will be looking to accept submissions that display high levels of innovation, relevance to current and/or best practice and provide high-quality research/evidence or practice.

Abstract submission form

Abstract deadlines

Abstract deadline: 16 December 2025

Notifications of acceptance : 12 January 2026

Presenters must be registered by: 19 January 2026

Exhibitors

There are a number of sponsorship opportunities available at the conference if you are interested please contact events@rcm.org.uk

Sponsorship pack