RCM announces RCM Board election results
Seven new midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) have joined the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Board following Board elections. Three existing Board members have also been re-elected. The new Board take up their roles on 1 September 2023. The new Board members are: • Shani Woodbridge • Yana Richens • Melissa Davis • Barbara […]
Every Story Matters: RCM asks members to share their pandemic experiences
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its members to share their experiences of working through the COVID-19 pandemic with the Government’s official inquiry. Its call comes as the Every Story Matters listening exercise campaign to encourage health professionals and members of the public to feed into the COVID-19 inquiry is launched. The […]
RCM Research Prioritisation
The RCM is launching an exciting new project on 17 July 2023. They will be undertaking a research prioritisation project to establish the top 10 priorities for research and want all members of the midwifery profession, together with student midwives, MSWs and service users to get involved. Establishing future research priorities for maternity and midwifery […]
RCM welcomes IPPR workforce report and repeats call for publication of Government’s NHS workforce plan
A report on the health and social care workforce by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has highlighted the growing workforce crisis and called for a long-term sustainable solution ‘to give workers hope’. The report has been produced by the IPPR’s Workforce Assembly, a body made up of clinicians from health and social care […]
‘Act now’ and publish NHS workforce plan RCM and health organisations tell Rishi Sunak
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and other unions, professional bodies, charities and the NHS Confederation have written to the Prime Minister expressing dismay at the delayed publication of an NHS workforce plan. With the midwife shortage in England hitting 2500 the RCM along with the other organisations say a funded and sustainable plan must be […]
Safety, choice, and staff wellbeing must be focus of service reconfigurations, says RCM
Updated guidance on what to consider when reconfiguring maternity services has been published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The guidance is aimed primarily at senior midwives and managers in trusts and boards, and RCM workplace representatives. It will also be useful to all midwives and maternity support workers who should be consulted […]
Midwives speak truth to power in Scotland
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) members from across Scotland were able to take their concerns and experiences of maternity services right to the heart of Holyrood earlier this month. Over 30 midwives including midwifery educators and researchers, maternity support workers and student midwives, met a range of Scottish MSPs at an RCM event at the […]
First European Nursing and Midwifery Week
The European Nursing & Midwifery Week (#ENMW2023) was developed by EFNNMA, a collaborative organization of WHO Regional Office for Europe, to celebrate and recognise nurses and midwives in Europe. The European Nursing and Midwifery Week (5-12 May 2023) aims to: Advocate for nursing and midwifery and a more inclusive society across Europe Raise awareness and […]
Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies Conference
On Wednesday 17 May 2023, Group B Strep Support will be holding a one-day virtual Group B Strep Pregnancy & Babies conference. Group B Strep is the most common cause of severe infection in newborn babies, and of meningitis in babies under 3 months. FREE bursary places currently available: – FREE bursary places to student midwives […]
Independent Maternity Working Group gives cautious welcome to three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services
The Independent Maternity Working Group (IMWG), set up in response to one of the ‘immediate and essential actions’ set out by Donna Ockenden in her independent report last year, welcomes the publication of NHS England’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, published on 30 March. The plan has four key areas of focus […]