Improving equality, diversity and inclusion – an NHS plan
By Alice Sorby, RCM Director of Employment Relations on 14 June 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery Equality and Diversity NHS England As NHS England launches its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Improvement Plan, RCM’s Director of Employment Relations Alice Sorby shares why this is important to have as she shares concerning statistics […]
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 […]
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ICM strengthening bonds across midwifery
By Megan Critchlow, second year student midwife, University of Huddersfield on 12 June 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery ICM – International Congress of Midwives RCM competition winner Megan Critchlow shares what being a student midwife means to her as she looks forward to attending this year’s International Congress for Midwives and […]
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 […]
ICM strengthening bonds across midwifery
By Susan Hughes, Consultant Midwife, Gloucester Hospitals Trust and Worcester University on 02 June 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery ICM – International Congress of Midwives RCM competition winner Susan Hughes shares what being a midwife means to her as she looks forward to attending this year’s International Congress for Midwives and […]
‘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 […]
We must have a strategy to fix Northern Ireland’s growing maternity crisis, says RCM
The need for a maternity strategy in Northern Ireland has gone beyond urgent and is now critical says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The RCM’s warning comes as it publishes a report on Northern Ireland’s maternity services which is being launched at an event at Stormont today. This shows mounting challenges for maternity services […]
National award for Belfast midwives for improving bereavement care for women
Two Bereavement Support Midwives from the Ulster Hospital have scooped a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for their ‘beautiful project’ to improve bereavement care for women and their partners. Susan Still, and Jacqueline.Dorrian from the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, received the Outstanding Contribution to Midwifery Services: Pregnancy Loss & Bereavement […]
One giant step: Can the new strategy kickstart maternity research?
By Dr Sara Webb, MIDIRS, Head of Midwifery Information and Resource Services on 25 May 2023 Maternity Services RCM UK Midwives Midwifery Workforce Midwifery Research With the publication of the England Chief Midwifery Officer’s maternity research strategy, MIDIRS, Head of Midwifery Information and Resource Services, Dr Sara Webb welcomes the framework as a first step […]