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Maternity colleges urge pregnant women to have flu and Covid-19 vaccines this winter
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) are urging all pregnant women and people to have the flu and COVID-19 vaccines to offer themselves and their babies the best protection from ...
Date set to ballot midwives on industrial action in Scotland
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland has today announced the date it will ballot its members on industrial action. The four-week ballot will open on 29 September and run until 27 October. The announcement comes as midwives, maternity ...
Isle of Man maternity strategy needed urgently to improve safety, care and choice for women says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is today setting out the case for a review of maternity services and the development of a maternity strategy for the Isle of Man.
This is ‘at best foolish and at worst negligent’ says RCM responding to reports of a speech by the Health Secretary
Responding to the Health Secretary’s speech to Policy Exchange, as reported in this morning’s Times, Birte Harlev-Lam, Executive Director Midwife at the Royal College of Midwives, said: “To suggest that maternity services should be deprioritised ...
Midwives in England and Wales to be balloted on industrial action
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) working in the NHS in England and Wales are set to be balloted on industrial action. The move was announced by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) at its annual Activists Conference in Warwick today ...
RCM ballot on industrial action over pay opens in Scotland
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland says ‘it’s recommending its members vote yes to industrial action’ as it official launches its ballot on industrial action over pay. Balloting members on industrial action the RCM says it not ...We must work together to fix maternity care, says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has urged swifter progress to fix the systemic problems facing maternity care. The call comes following the publication by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE of his review of the failings at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust.Staffing and funding for maternity bereavement services ‘a scandal’ says the RCM at TUC Congress
Significant and urgent Investment is needed to tackle serious staff shortages and underfunding in maternity service bereavement care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a motion to the TUC Congress tomorrow.
RCM urges midwives to vote yes to industrial action as England and Wales pay ballot opens
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today launched only its second ballot on industrial action in England and its first in Wales in its142 year history. The College, which represents most midwives and also maternity support workers (MSWs) ...