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RCM members in Wales vote yes to industrial action
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 ...One month on: RCM sets out its next steps following the Kirkup report
When Dr Bill Kirkup’s report, Reading the signals - Maternity and neonatal services in East Kent, was published in October this year, it made for sobering reading for anyone involved in maternity care. What was clear was the systemic challenge ...Statement on Chancellor’s commitment to recruit 2,000 more midwives
Following today’s Autumn Statement, the Royal College of Midwives has given a cautious welcome to the commitment by the Government to recruit 2,000 more midwives in England.RCM champions better support for workplace stress in new guidance
As numerous surveys continue to highlight how stressed midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) are in the workplace, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), has published new guidance to help its members recognise and manage their own stress.'Midwives are the only registered professionals that can provide midwifery care and cannot be replaced by nurses’ says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its deep concern about the growing trend of deploying nurses in maternity services. There is a UK-wide shortage of midwives that has led to alternative sources for the maternity workforce being ...
RCM Chief Exec calls out Government for starving the NHS of resources
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has criticised the Government for its latest derisory pay offer, stating that ‘they are not on the side of working people.’
RCM announces date it will ballot members in England and Wales on industrial action
The RCM is urging all members working in the NHS in England and Wales to vote yes to industrial action over pay as it announces the date its official ballot will open. After members in both countries overwhelmingly rejected their governments’ ...
RCM recommends members vote YES to industrial action as ballot opens in Scotland
‘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 ...