on 19 January 2023
At its meeting today (19 January), the RCM Board spent considerable time discussing the outcome of the ballot in England, in addition to authorising industrial action in Wales.
on 22 December 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has finally received a response to their letter to Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, more than a week after asking him to meet to discuss the growing crisis in maternity services.
on 15 December 2022
The Tommy’s App, a Clinical Decision Support Tool in development at the Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement, has been awarded £1.8 million through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Secretary of State ...
on 13 December 2022
Sending a clear and defiant message to the Welsh Government, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) members in Wales have voted yes to industrial action over pay. The result follows a ballot of eligible RCM members in Wales that closed yesterday. An ...
on 11 November 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its midwife and maternity support worker members (MSW) to vote yes in the pay ballot opening today. The ballot - for RCM members working in the NHS in England and Wales - runs until midnight on 12 ...
on 26 October 2022
The RCM Awards have been celebrating and rewarding outstanding achievements within the midwifery profession since 2004. The entry deadline for this year’s Awards is 31 January 2023. The 15 categories open for entry this year are:
on 25 October 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is using the power of peer-to-peer communication to enable its workplace reps and pay activists to engage members in the upcoming England and Wales pay ballot opening on 11 November.
By Colin Beesley on 20 October 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its members in Northern Ireland to make their voices heard over pay. The College is consulting its members in Northern Ireland on whether they are willing to take industrial action over their ...
on 19 October 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for more flexible working in the NHS to boost retention of midwives, maternity support workers (MSW) and other staff. This comes in an RCM motion to the TUC Congress today. Staff are leaving the NHS ...