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RCM to ask members how many extra hours they have worked
Are you working additional hours without being paid for them? If so, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) wants to know. Last year RCM members told us that they had worked 100,000 extra unpaid hours in just one week to help keep NHS maternity services ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/7304/warrington_maternity_unit_04.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=467&height=720&rnd=133543780010000000)
RCM tells politicians how to fix the midwifery staffing crisis with new pre-election guide
'Ending the national midwife shortage is possible,’ says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it launches a new guide with solutions for the next UK Parliament. Low-cost solutions to improve working conditions for midwives, practical ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/7374/ealth_support_-worker.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133572220770000000)
Free labour to support those in labour no way to run maternity services says RCM
Findings published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have revealed that during one week in March midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in England, Scotland and Wales worked 136,834 extra unpaid hours to keep services running ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/5745/dadd_instagram-09-002.jpeg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779590000000)
Improving pay for RCM members top priority for 2022
As 2021 draws to a close the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been reflecting on its Deliver a Decent deal pay campaign and subsequent pay awards for members in all four countries. RCM members in England and Wales have already received their ...RCM calls for action on staffing shortages and protecting pregnant migrant women in TUC Women’s Conference motions
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says the Government must fix England’s maternity staffing shortages which are hitting the safety of care, choice for women, and staff wellbeing. The call comes in an RCM motion to the TUC Women’s Conference ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/6828/reconfigurations-position-ststement-cover.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779940000000)
Safety, choice, and staff wellbeing must be focus of service reconfigurations, says RCM
Updated guidance on what to consider when reconfiguring maternity services has been published today by the Royal College of Midwives.![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/6921/health-observatory-report-cover.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=467&height=720&rnd=133543779950000000)
RCM calls for more efforts to end discrimination in maternity and neonatal care
A ‘doubling down’ of effort is needed to improve maternity and neonatal care and outcomes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic women, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The RCM’s call follows a report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory ...![Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache.XmlPublishedProperty](/media/7467/how-to-fix-crop.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133615417500000000)