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Get behind our plans to deliver better maternity care for Northern Ireland’s women RCM urges politicians
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is demanding improvements in maternity care for Northern Ireland’s women in its Blueprint for better maternity care published today.
Maternity underfunding means care based on what trusts can afford not on women’s safety and needs says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling out the Government’s record on maternity funding which leaves some NHS trusts and boards basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs. Delivering the safest ...
Government must fix maternity staffing crisis to ensure safety RCM tells TUC Women’s Conference
The Government must fix the worsening staffing shortages in maternity services to protect the safety of care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a motion to the TUC Women’s Conference today.
HRH The Princess Royal visits maternity unit in Manchester
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today (2nd March) officially unveiled the helipad at Oxford Road Campus (ORC). She also visited maternity services at Saint Mary’s Hospital, both part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust ...
RCM calls for a seismic NHS cultural shift to improve maternity safety
Poor NHS cultures that put safety at risk must be challenged and stopped. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it publishes new guidance for its members to raise concerns about maternity care, outlining steps staff ...
RCM welcomes CQC report on survey of women’s experience of maternity care
Listening to and acting on women’s experiences of maternity services and midwifery care is crucial to delivering safe high-quality care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to the results of a major survey ...Investing in mental health care for pregnant women saves lives says the RCM
Lives can be saved if there is proper investment in better support for pregnant and postnatal women with mental health problems, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), following the publication of a report by the Maternal Mental ...
RCM welcomes suspension of ‘wrongheaded’ mandatory vaccine policy
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the Government’s suspension, subject to consultation of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for frontline NHS staff in England but warns it has come at a further cost of broken trust among midwives ...
It’s time to halt NHS staff exodus with game-changing pay rise, say health unions
The mounting NHS staffing crisis and long waiting times will become permanent unless the government brings in a game-changing retention package, with an inflation-busting pay rise at its heart, say health unions today (Monday). In evidence ...