14 December 2023
The highest stillbirth rates continue to impact black and Asian women and those
living in the most deprived communities where social inequalities are entrenched. That’s according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to the ...
19 December 2023
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) across Northern Ireland are set to take to the picket lines again in the New Year. The announcement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) comes as there has been no progress towards a fair and meaningful ...
17 September 2018
Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales have accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS staff on the Agenda for Chang pay scale.
11 September 2018
Scotland is seeing increasing obesity levels and age of mothers in pregnancy and a big rise in midwifery vacancies. This means demands on Scottish maternity services are increasing says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland in a new ...
11 September 2018
The number of NHS midwives in England rose by just 67 in the last year, despite universities turning out over 2,000 newly-trained staff, according to the latest State of Maternity Services Report published today by the Royal College of Midwives ...
20 August 2018
Birthrights has today (Tuesday 20th August) published the results of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on maternal request for caesarean section.
14 August 2018
A midwife member of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has won compensation of almost £5000 at a tribunal over indirect sex discrimination by One-to-One Midwives (North West), her former employer.
05 July 2018
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed the announcement by Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething on a new pay offer for midwives, maternity support workers and all other NHS staff in Wales.
08 June 2018
Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS Agenda for Change staff pay. A large majority (85.7%) of respondents voted to accept the negotiated set of ...
