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RCM responds to the UK’s first birth trauma inquiry report
‘Putting women at the centre of their own care, listening to them, learning lessons from both failed and successful maternity services is crucial to delivering safer better care’ that’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) ...
RCM launch ‘game changing’ set of recommendations to make midwifery education more inclusive
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has developed a first-of-its-kind toolkit to help neurodivergent midwifery students to navigate undergraduate courses.
RCM leader calls for a revolution in maternity services
The head of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has pledged to start a revolution in maternity care. Gill Walton, Chief Executive of the RCM, made an impassioned plea at the RCM’s national conference to midwives and maternity support workers ...
RCM launches tool to tackle high levels of maternity disadvantage
"Addressing not only health and wellbeing, but social complexity is key to improving maternity outcomes for all women,” says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it launches a Maternity Disadvantage Assessment Tool (MatDAT) for midwives.
RCM responds to report on factors affecting the delivery of safe care in midwifery units’
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has warned that staffing levels and access to training remain the key factors that prohibit the delivery of safe maternity care, following the publication of a new report on safe care in midwifery-led units ...RCM welcomes Scottish Government’s announcement of more funding for perinatal mental health
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) warmly welcomes the announcement by the Scottish Government that they will provide additional funding to improve perinatal mental health services in the north of Scotland.'We need to tackle bullying and harassment of NHS international recruits’ say RCM and other Unions
International recruits to the NHS are being bullied, harassed and discriminated against, say the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), as they publish new guidance for recruiting midwives and health professionals to the UK.
RCM welcomes NHS Wales staff and Health and Wellbeing Guide
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the launch of a Health and Wellbeing guide for staff in NHS Wales. Supporting both the physical and mental health of staff is crucial, the RCM says, to ensuing the delivery of safe high quality ...
Free labour to support those in labour no way to run maternity services says RCM
Findings published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have revealed that during one week in March midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in England, Scotland and Wales worked 136,834 extra unpaid hours to keep services running ...