By Colin Beesley on 24 June 2022
A step change is needed from the Government to once and for all end the longstanding and chronic midwifery shortages in England says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
By Colin Beesley on 23 June 2022
Midwives who retire and return from the 1995 section of the NHS Pension scheme in England and Wales will in the future benefit from changes to the 16hr rule. It has been agreed that the process to permanently remove that rule be started. The 16hr ...
By Colin Beesley on 17 June 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new photography competition for its members to demonstrate a true picture of working in maternity services in the UK. Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) are being asked to capture ...
By Colin Beesley on 15 June 2022
A student midwife and RCM member has issued a clarion call launching a petition for funded childcare for student midwives, nurses, and paramedics. Charlotte Woolsey - a midwifery student at Canterbury Christ Church University - started the ...
on 09 June 2022
On 2 July the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will join the parade at London Pride 2022 and applications are now open for members to march with the RCM and celebrate LGBT+ Pride.
London Pride is the UK’s biggest, most diverse Pride, and one ...
By Gemma Murphy on 01 June 2022
A new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), published to mark the launch of its Commission on Health and Prosperity, warns that growing health inequalities and ineffective Government policies are resulting in people ...
on 27 May 2022
The health, safety, and wellbeing of maternity staff must be at the heart of pandemic recovery plans in Wales. That was the call from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in its motion to the TUC Congress in Wales this week.
On International Day of the Midwife (IDM) the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust announced the Iolanthe Award Winners for 2022, celebrating midwives and student midwives who are leading on innovative work to improve maternity care.
By Colin Beesley on 05 May 2022
Lives can be saved with more investment and better support for women with maternal mental health problems in pregnancy and after birth, say the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA). The two organisations ...
A new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), published to mark the launch of its Commission on Health and Prosperity, warns that growing health inequalities and ineffective Government policies are resulting in people ...