29 April 2022
Chronic staff shortages, unrelenting workloads, extended shifts, missed breaks and poor culture – work-related stress issues can have a scarring effect to overall mental and physical health. It can also seriously affect the quality and ...
29 April 2022
This week I formally took over as the Executive Director for the Trade Union at the RCM. Jon Skewes, who has been a force for building the RCM into a strong and progressive trade union, able to punch above our weight with employers, policy makers ...
05 May 2022
This week I formally took over as the Executive Director for the Trade Union at the RCM. Jon Skewes, who has been a force for building the RCM into a strong and progressive trade union, able to punch above our weight with employers, policy makers ...
10 May 2022
Appropriate fetal monitoring during labour and birth is vital for the health and wellbeing of mother and baby alike. For Monitoring May, midwife and founder of the National Fetal Monitoring network Sarah Blackwell outlines the activities ...
23 June 2022
Midwives who retire and return from the 1995 section of the NHS Pension scheme in England and Wales will in the future benefit from changes to the 16hr rule. It has been agreed that the process to permanently remove that rule be started. The 16hr ...
05 May 2022
Lives can be saved with more investment and better support for women with maternal mental health problems in pregnancy and after birth, say the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA). The two organisations ...
25 February 2022
Staffing shortages and underinvestment are hitting the quality and safety of maternity care said the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Chief Executive Gill Walton, speaking to Westminster politicians this week.
19 January 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is launching a survey seeking the views and experiences of its Black, Asian and minority ethnic members who have been through or are going through disciplinary or capability proceedings, and from RCM workplace ...
18 January 2022
Last night Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie called for urgent action to address working conditions, staffing shortfalls and retention among midwives and MSWs in England.
04 March 2022
A new RCM research award buddy scheme will be officially launched at the RCM Education & Research conference on 24 March 2022. It is hoped that the creation of this scheme will encourage and support more midwives to apply for the Wellbeing of Women ...