on 20 July 2023
We owe it to all women and families to make sure they get safe and high-quality maternity care, and we must act together and quickly to make this a reality. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) commenting on the Government’s ...
on 12 July 2023
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 ...
on 12 August 2021
A partnership of leading women’s health organisations has called on a county council to rethink its plan to cut £2.09 million per year from its public health budget.
In a letter to Hampshire County Council (HCC), the One Voice Partnership, ...
on 09 March 2020
Guidance for healthcare professionals on managing coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy has been published today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Paediatrics ...
By ‘RCM launches its manifesto for the 2019 UK General Election’ on 07 November 2019
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched its General Election manifesto setting out five key asks they hope to see from the next Parliament in order to improve UK maternity services.
RCM priorities for the next Parliament ...
By ‘RCM CEO awarded a Fellowship from the RCOG’ on 04 November 2019
Gill Walton the Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been admitted into the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) as a Fellow honoris causa.
Fellowships are awarded by the ...
By ‘RCM responds to Public Sector Pay policy for 2019/20 in relation to Northern Ireland’ on 31 October 2019
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to the announcement today by the Department of Finance on the setting of public sector pay policy for 2019/20.
Commenting, Karen Murray RCM’s Director for Northern Ireland said;“It’s ...
By RCM joins royal colleges and homeless charities in call for mandatory training to support homeless patients’ on 25 October 2019
The Royal College of midwives has joined The Royal College of Physicians along with 5 other medical colleges and homeless charities to call on Government to urgently address the needs of homeless people .
The organisations made their call ...
By ‘Scholarship award for midwife for work preventing deaths in high risk BME pregnant women’ on 24 October 2019
A midwife was amongst five outstanding healthcare professionals who where today inducted as scholars into this year’s prestigious Mary Seacole awards
This afternoon their work was recognised for being innovative, diverse and will go ...
on 24 June 2019
The RCM is supporting calls from the Institute of Health Visiting (IHV) on the Government to act to reverse cuts to the health visiting workforce in England. The IHV position statement published today, comes in the wake of news this week of a threatened ...