By your side :  Empowering midwives and MSWs to influence change across Wales.

This year’s theme By Your Side ‘Empowering Midwives and Maternity Support Workers to influence change across Wales’. This conference brings together midwives, maternity support workers, and healthcare leaders from across Wales to share best practice, celebrate achievements, and explore opportunities to shape the future of maternity services. Through inspiring keynote presentations, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities, delegates are encouraged to strengthen their leadership skills, influence positive change within their organisations, and champion the voices of women and families.

The conference offers a unique opportunity to engage with colleagues from across Wales, meet the RCM team, and strengthen professional networks. It is a day dedicated to shared learning, professional growth, and celebrating the exceptional work happening across our maternity services.

Abstracts

We encourage submissions that support the overall theme of

By Your Side  “Empowering Midwives and Maternity Support Workers to influence change across Wales”

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.

Submit your abstract

Abstract deadlines

Abstract deadline: 16 November 2026

Notifications of acceptance : 01 December 2026

Presenters must be registered by: 31 December 2026

Crynodebau

Rydym yn annog cyflwyniadau sy’n cefnogi thema

Wrth Eich Ochr  “Grymuso Bydwragedd a Gweithwyr Cymorth Mamolaeth i ddylanwadu ar newid ledled Cymru”

Pam ddylwn i gyflwyno crynodeb?

• I ledaenu a phroffilio’ch gwaith
• Gwella ymchwil mewn bydwreigiaeth
• Rhoi gwybod i’ch cyfoedion am ddulliau cadarnhaol, arloesol o wella gofal mamolaeth
• I gael adborth cymorth / beirniadaeth gan eich cyfoedion

Rydym yn eich gwahodd i gyflwyno crynodeb o ddim mwy na 500 o eiriau (yn Saesneg) i’w ystyried fel poster. Rhaid i’ch crynodeb nodi nodau eich arloesedd, eich prosiect, eich ymchwil, eich prosesau ymchwil neu fethodoleg, y prif ganlyniadau/canlyniadau a gafwyd a’r prif gasgliadau. Nodi a oedd angen cymeradwyaeth foesegol arnoch chi.

Bydd pob crynodeb yn cael ei adolygu gan ein panel beirniaid, a fydd yn ceisio derbyn cyflwyniadau sy’n arddangos lefelau uchel o arloesedd, perthnasedd i arfer cyfredol a/neu gorau ac yn darparu ymchwil/tystiolaeth neu ymarfer o ansawdd uchel.

Dyddiadau cau crynodeb

Dyddiad cau ar gyfer crynodeb: 16 Tachwedd 2026

Hysbysiadau o dderbyn: 1 Rhagfyr 2026

Rhaid i’r cyflwynwyr fod wedi cofrestru erbyn: 31 Rhagfyr 2026

If you are interested in booking a space to exhibit at this event please contact events@rcm.org.uk