National award for Kent midwife for improving care for pregnant women with learning disabilities
A Medway midwife has scooped a national award for improving maternity care for women with learning disabilities. Sarah-Jayne Ambler – Clinical Research Manager in Midwifery at Medway Foundation Trust – received the Excellence in Midwifery for Research award sponsored by Pregnacare by Vitabiotics at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual awards in London on […]
RCM welcomes appointment of England’s new Chief Midwife
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the appointment of Kate Brintworth – currently Chief Midwifery Officer for London – as England’s new Chief Midwifery Officer. Kate is a former employee of the RCM and was its Head of Maternity Transformation between 2019 and 2020. To add to this latest achievement, today Kate received […]
RCM calls for quick implementation of England pay award
The NHS Staff Council – made up of the 14 health unions including the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) – met today and based on the majority position from trade unions has accepted the Government’s pay offer for England for 2022/23 and 2023/24. The RCM is now calling for the award to be implemented as […]
Midwives take maternity concerns to Scottish Parliament
Frontline maternity staff from across Scotland have taken their concerns about maternity care to the heart of the country’s political establishment. Midwives, maternity support workers (MSW), student midwives, midwifery educators and researchers met MSPs at a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) reception at the Scottish Parliament yesterday. They were able to talk directly to politicians […]
Midwives say yes to England NHS pay offer
Members of the RCM in England have voted to accept the latest NHS pay offer, following a consultation which closed yesterday. In a turnout of 48% of eligible RCM midwife and maternity support worker (MSW) members working in the NHS in England, 57% voted to accept the deal, with 43% rejecting. Alice Sorby, Director of […]
RCM to consult members on latest Welsh Government pay offer
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will consult its members in Wales later this month on the Welsh Government’s latest pay offer for NHS staff. The consultation runs from 28 April to 15 May and the RCM is recommending its members accept. The consultation follows a new pay offer from the Welsh Government announced late […]
RCM calls for prioritisation of safe travel for NHS Scotland staff
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says an overhaul of NHS staff parking permit allocations and safe and accessible public transport options is needed to support safer travel to work for NHS staff, the majority of whom are women. The call came in an RCM motion to the STUC Congress in Dundee this week. Almost all (99%) […]
Government must invest in staff and services to deliver better maternity care for Black and Asian women says RCM
Investment and resources must be targeted towards reducing poorer outcomes for Black women in maternity care as a matter of urgency. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to a report from the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee on Black maternal health published today. Gill Walton, Chief Executive of the […]
Stop smoking incentive scheme a positive step but investment on many fronts needed says RCM
More investment is needed on multiple fronts to continue reducing smoking in pregnancy rates says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The College’s call follows today’s Government announcement of a financial incentive scheme to encourage pregnant women to stop smoking. The announcement is part of the Government’s response to the Khan Review: Making Smoking Obsolete published in […]
RCM opens England pay consultation and recommends members accept
Midwife and maternity support worker (MSW) members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) working in the NHS in England are being consulted on the Government’s pay offer. The online consultation opens today and closes at midnight on 25 April. The offer – put forward on 16 March – followed two weeks of intense negotiations […]