14 June 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its members to share their experiences of working through the COVID pandemic with the Government’s official inquiry. Its call comes as the Government launches its Every Story Matters listening ...
05 July 2023
A Trust in Birmingham is asking for feedback from NHS staff who may have benefited from a policy to support staff after pregnancy loss that they introduced and pioneered two years ago.
12 July 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says a change is needed urgently in how funds for reasonable adjustments for disabled NHS staff are allocated at Trust level. In a motion – presented by RCM member Mandi Masters - to the TUC Disabled Workers ...
25 July 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called on the Government to ensure that maternity care is central to its women’s health strategy, following the announcement last week of several new measures aimed at improving women’s health
11 August 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed a move by NHS England (NHSE) to improve support around burnout and stress for maternity and neonatal staff. This latest move is a part of the Three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal ...
22 November 2023
The RCM’s first standalone student midwife conference took place in Doncaster this week, with students from all over the UK in attendance.
06 December 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland has called for all IT systems in Scotland’s NHS to be made neurodiverse friendly. The call comes as the RCM’s attended the STUC Disabled Workers Conference this week.
12 January 2023
Yesterday's report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights the desperate need to recruit and retain more midwives and should be a wakeup call to the Government, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
26 February 2024
Months of waiting and campaigning, two days of strike action and a reformed Executive the RCM says has ‘finally’ resulted in a ‘long overdue’ pay offer for its members in Northern Ireland.
The proposed pay offer would see the restoration of ...
17 January 2024
‘Safe maternity services will be maintained, and midwives who take part in the strike action will not be in breach of their code of practice.’ That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on the eve of widespread industrial action ...