on 16 September 2024
Heather Bower, the RCM’s Head of Midwifery Education, goes behind the headlines of the College’s State of UK Midwifery Student Finance Report and warns of potential, but avoidable, challenges for the future midwifery workforce
By Stuart Bonar on 12 September 2024
RCM Public Affairs Adviser Stuart Bonar gives early analysis of Lord Darzi’s independent investigation of the NHS in England – and all our hopes for a future silver lining.
By Gill Walton on 06 September 2024
RCM Chief Executive Gill Walton likes a challenge – and this year she’s undertaking two coast-to-coast bike rides on behalf of Cavell, the charity for midwives, MSWs and MCAs in need.
on 28 August 2024
Understanding what works – and what doesn’t – is vital when we are trying to influence positive change in the workplace. And the best way to do that, says Northern Ireland National Officer Anne Wilson, is by going out and seeing it for yourself.
By Lynne Galvin, Regional Head for the North of England on 21 August 2024
The RCM’s North of England team has spent the past few weekends at Pride marches across the region. Lynne Galvin, the RCM’s Regional Head for the North of England, explains why it’s been so important
By Fiona Gibb on 30 July 2024
The RCM’s Director of Professional Midwifery, Fiona Gibb, says that, with the need for improved career pathways, the time for advanced practice in midwifery has come.
Earlier this year, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) announced ...
By Birte Harlev-Lam, Executive Director Midwife on 26 July 2024
In the light of two reports calling into question both the CQC and NMC, the RCM’s Executive Director Midwife, Birte Harlev-Lam, calls for a new beginning for regulation.
By Jaki Lambert, Director, RCM Scotland on 19 July 2024
What, if anything, does the change in Westminster government mean to our members in Scotland? Does the fact that there is now a Labour government in Westminster and that the fifty-seven Scottish seats in Westminster have become a Labour majority ...
on 15 July 2024
As midwives, we do all we can to ensure that mother and baby are as healthy as possible during pregnancy and postnatally. One of the best parts of our armoury for doing that – and for setting baby up for life - is vaccination. RCM Professional Policy ...
By Alice Sorby, Director for Employment Relations on 10 July 2024
In his first speech as the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting said the NHS was 'broken' and that it will take a team effort to turn it around. There is no NHS without its staff and addressing the retention crisis has to ...