St. David's Day conference 2027
By your side: Empowering midwives and maternity support workers to influence change across Wales
This year’s theme By your side- Empowering midwives and maternity support Workers to influence change across Wales. The conference offers a unique opportunity to engage with colleagues from across Wales, meet the RCM team, and strengthen professional networks.
We want to raise the profile of the profession and celebrate excellence within the Maternity Profession, showcasing the achievements of midwives and MSWs through inspiring keynote speakers, thought-provoking panel discussions, and dynamic poster presentations.
Speakers and delegates will be celebrating unique and inspiring journeys through the midwifery profession, exploring and celebrating for all maternity workers in Wales. The conference will be interactive and inspiring as always with a strong focus on celebrating the passion and dedication of midwives, MSWs and students in Wales.
This is a day dedicated to shared learning, professional growth, and celebrating the exceptional work happening across our maternity services.
Abstracts
We encourage submissions that support the overall theme of By Your Side “Empowering Midwives and Maternity Support Workers to influence change across Wales”
We invite you to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (in English) for consideration as a poster. Your abstract must specify the aims of your innovation, project, research, your research processes or methodology, the main outcomes/results obtained and the main conclusions.
Registration, marketplace, refreshments and networking
Break, exhibition and posters
TBC
Lunch, exhibition and posters
Break, exhibition and posters
TBC
Birthrate Plus is the leading midwifery-specific national tool for maternity workforce planning.
Unique and independent, it provides clear intelligence, evidence, and data to model safe and effective midwifery staffing, strengthening safety and quality of care.
Built on a robust, evidence-based methodology, Birthrate Plus delivers accurate insights into acuity, and skill-mix requirements, supporting deployment decisions via its 2 x products.
The Acuity App provides real-time visibility of clinical demand, giving immediate access to data ensuring responsive and safe staffing across all inpatient ward settings.
Nationally recognised, the widely adopted Workforce Planning Tool combines high-quality evidence and workload data so organisations can plan and resource their services with confidence.
In 2026, Birthrate Plus was independently reviewed and endorsed by over 160 members of the maternity system including The Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Directors / Heads of Midwifery and academics.
Projects to strengthen the methodology have commenced.
Neurodivergent Birth CIC is a Scottish-based Community Interest Company and the world’s first organisation dedicated to improving support and outcomes for neurodivergent people through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Founded in 2024 by AuDHD doula and author Victoria White, the organisation delivers CPD accredited professional training to NHS Trusts and birth organisations, online antenatal education for neurodivergent parents, and a Doula Access Fund providing free doula support to those who need it most.
With a community of over 8,000, 16,000+ podcast downloads globally, and a published book, Why Neurodivergent Birth Matters (Montag and Martin, 2025), Neurodivergent Birth CIC is building the evidence base and driving systemic change in perinatal care.
Social media
- Instagram @neurodivergentbirth
We are the voice of Wales at work
TUC Cymru (Wales TUC) is the voice of workers in Wales, representing 48 affiliated unions to advocate for fair pay, safe and valued workplaces, and social justice. As part of the national Trades Union Congress, it focuses on representing Welsh trade unionists within the Welsh Government and other organisations, developing policy on devolved matters, and coordinating the trade union approach to Welsh policy-making. The organisation also supports trade union reps with training on various issues, promotes equality and the Welsh language in the workplace.