on 22 September 2022
RCM members working in the NHS in England and Wales are set to be formally balloted on industrial action over pay.
This follows a consultation in which RCM members overwhelmingly rejected their governments’ pay awards of £1400 for most Agenda ...
on 22 September 2022
A new independent maternity working group, one of the key Immediate and Essential Actions (IEAs) from the Ockenden review of maternity safety, has met for the first time. The group, which is co-chaired by Gill Walton, Chief Executive of the ...
By Colin Beesley on 02 September 2022
As petrol prices and the cost of living remain high, RCM activists at Birmingham Women’s NHS Trust have gained an increased mileage rate allowance for staff.
By Gemma Murphy on 01 August 2022
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a pay consultation of its members working in the NHS in England and Wales. The College wants to gauge how midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) feel about the pay award and what action ...
By Gemma Murphy on 20 July 2022
The RCM, together with other trade unions in Northern Ireland, has published a statement following yesterday’s pay award announcement in England for midwives and maternity support workers.
The below inflation pay award has been described ...
By Gemma Murphy on 12 July 2022
The courage, compassion and dedication of over 1.5 million NHS workers including midwives and maternity support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been recognised by Her Majesty The Queen.
Today NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard ...
By Colin Beesley on 27 June 2022
Action is needed from the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly to tackle the cost-of-living crisis hitting the country says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Northern Ireland.
By Colin Beesley on 27 June 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is encouraging more flexible working to support better retention of midwives and maternity support workers (MSW). The RCM statement comes as the NHS Staff Council publish new guidance on flexible working ...
on 27 June 2022
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) calls on its members, midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) along with students and general public to support the pay campaign, contact their local MPs and ask them to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) ...