on 28 August 2024
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on all its members working in the NHS in Scotland to have their say on the pay. The call comes as the RCM opens a three-week consultation with midwives and maternity care assistants in Scotland today.
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on 21 August 2024
After months of waiting RCM members working in the NHS in Scotland have finally been offered an overdue pay increase.
Scotland’s Health Minster Neil Gray yesterday announced the offer of 5.5% which will be backdated to 1 April for all Agenda ...
on 12 May 2023
Royal College of Midwives (RCM) members from across Scotland were able to take their concerns and experiences of maternity services right to the heart of Holyrood earlier this month.
on 22 February 2023
The RCM has called an announcement by the Scottish Government today 'a very positive step forward for midwifery and maternity care in Scotland'. This follows the announcement of a Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing and Midwifery by Scotland’s ...
By Gemma Murphy on 29 September 2022
‘Stand by and get ready to vote on industrial action’ that’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland as it formally launches its ballot on industrial action today.
The RCM is recommending that members vote yes to ...
By Lydia O'Neill on 07 December 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) today called on the Scottish Government to deliver consistent investment in maternity recruitment, development and wellbeing. The call came as its Director of Professional Midwifery, Dr Mary Ross-Davie, ...
By Julie Griffiths on 30 July 2018
The Scottish Government has pledged to help support mothers in Scotland to breastfeed for longer through a £2m investment programme.
By Julie Griffiths on 07 March 2018
The Scottish Government has published quarterly statistics showing that the Scottish NHS workforce is at record levels.
By Julie Griffiths on 27 December 2017
One of the items least likely to be used by new parents in the Scottish Government’s baby box scheme are condoms, according to the Scottish Government’s own research.