Baby Loss Awareness Week
By RCM Director for Wales Julie Richards and Head of Bereavement Care & Hospital Liaison Marc Harder on 13 October 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women Sands RCM Director for Wales Julie Richards and Head of Bereavement Care & Hospital Liaison Marc Harder at the baby loss charity Sands have co-written a […]
Celebrating our sisters
By RCM Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Jayne Bekoe on 02 October 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women Equality and Diversity Under this year’s theme for Black History and Culture Month – Celebrating our sisters, Saluting our sisters and Honouring matriarchs of movements – the RCM’s Head of Equality, Diversity and […]
Engaging dads, supporting women
By RCM Quality and Standards Advisor Deborah Longe on 14 September 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women ICM – International Congress of Midwives Of course, the woman will always be our primary focus, but by engaging partners in appointments and during labour and birth, we can help to extend that circle of […]
Organising a safe and healthy workplace
By RCM Health and Safety Advisor Lesley Wood on 06 September 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women ICM – International Congress of Midwives For the 34th Hazards Conference – the largest educational and organising event for trade union health and reps and activists – the RCM brought the Caring for You campaign […]
New beginnings: supporting you from graduation to the workforce
By RCM Professional Advisor Caitlin Wilson on 06 September 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women ICM – International Congress of Midwives Graduating from university and making that leap to newly qualified midwife is an exciting time. RCM’s Professional Advisor Caitlin Wilson shares how she first adjusted to her new professional identity as […]
MIDIRS Monthly – Building a clinical academic career
I qualified as midwife in 2003, with a Diploma in Midwifery, and completed the BSc in Midwifery shortly afterwards. I went on to complete a Masters in Midwifery in 2012, and found the research element of it really interesting but really challenging – I loved finding out new things and the concept of generating new […]
Getting out of your comfort zone
By Joanna Keable (She/her) RM MSc Deputy Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology on 17 August 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women ICM – International Congress of Midwives On the 31 July 2023 I joined Birte for the day in London feeling both excited and curious, unsure of what to expect in an […]
The small but mighty research award
By Eleanor Smithson on 17 August 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women ICM – International Congress of Midwives Eleanor Smithson shares who she is and how she enlisted the experience of Claire Feeley to showcase maternity research and to become one of the shining stars in the field. Research has always been […]
Maternity and neonatal safety support for Cymru
By RCM Director Wales Julie Richards on 14 July 2023 Maternity Services Wellbeing Of Women NHS NHS Staff RCM Research Following the release of the long-awaited Maternity and Neonatal Safety Support programme Cymru discovery phase report this week Maternity and Neonatal Safety Support Programme Cymru discovery phase report, RCM Director for Wales Julie Richards hopes […]
Midwives making a difference across the globe
By Susan Hughes, RCM member, Consultant Midwife, Gloucester Hospitals Trust and Worcester University on 12 July 2023 RCM UK Research Safety Wellbeing Of Women Women ICM – International Congress of Midwives Following the ICM Congress in Bali last month, RCM member and consultant midwife Susan Hughes reflects on her experience representing the RCM, meeting midwives […]