Feeling good
This is what Slimming World offers. Working closely with the RCM, we’ve refreshed our policy for how our pregnant members and maternity professionals work in collaboration. The goal remains the same, not to promote weight loss – it is to support healthy eating and provide advice and encouragement. From now on, pregnant Slimming World members […]
Promising beginning
“Having a good relationship with my preceptor who I could go to when I was needing to check something and who would remind me that I was doing well when I was overly self-critical. Being able to see my work and abilities reflected from her perspective was very helpful.” “A lack of support, no induction, […]
The future is now
The conference is a great way to highlight the vital contributions of midwives, student midwives and maternity support workers/maternity care assistants working in education and research. Alongside the Excellence in Education and Research 2026 Awards winners and the much-anticipated Zepherina Veitch Lecture, this year’s programme includes: Andrew Darby-Smith leading the ‘Transforming maternity training through mobile, AI and VR’ session Dr […]
Dream team
Sue Petrie qualified as a maternity care assistant (MCA) in 2009, then worked as a healthcare support worker at Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin, until 2021. After this she began to work in the community in Elgin and Moray as an MCA after a refresher course. Kelly Croudace qualified as an MCA at the University of […]
St David’s Day conference
Our home for this year’s St David’s Day celebration and RCM Cymru conference will be the Swansea.com stadium, formerly the Liberty Stadium, in the heart of Swansea, Abertawe. We are delighted to be rotating across Wales and linking with Swansea Bay branch and Swansea University Midwifery Society to help host the day. This year’s theme […]
All Ireland
The RCM and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) jointly hosted the 2025 conference with the theme ‘Maternity care: recognising challenges and building on success’. Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, chief midwife for the International Confederation of Midwives, opened the conference with her keynote address on how “strengthening midwifery leadership enhances high-quality midwifery care”. The day […]
It’s good to talk
How often do we feel that the voice of our community is not heard? It’s as if we are a niche speciality, rather than the biggest intervention in the life of everyone either pregnant or born in Scotland. Midwifery has always advanced because our community – colleagues and allies – has fought for it. We […]
Turn on, tune in
When the NHS 10-year plan for England was published in the summer of 2025, transferring healthcare to digital was one of its three key shifts. “New technology will liberate staff from admin and allow people to manage their care as easily as they bank or shop online,” the ambition read. While it sounds wholly optimistic, […]
Creating a bond
More than one in five women and birthing people will face a mental health challenge during pregnancy and after birth, according to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, and suicide continues to be a leading cause of death for women between six weeks and one year after giving birth. That’s why perinatal mental health specialists in maternity […]
Joined-up working
“As a profession, we’re entrenched in writing longhand notes – that’s why midwives love a free pen,” says Zoe Meneilly, deputy head of midwifery at the South Eastern Trust and chair of the expert working group for the Encompass digital platform. In November 2023, the South Eastern Trust was the first to go live with the […]