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Statement from the IMWG in response to the East Kent Independent Report Reading the Signals
The Independent Maternity Working Group (IMWG) was commissioned by the DHSC and NHSE at the end of August 2022 to advise and support the Maternity Transformation Programme (MTP) around implementation of the Immediate and Essential Actions ...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 ...RCM and Turning the Tide group wins NHS Race Equality Award
The Turning the Tide Oversight Group, in collaboration with the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) took home the NHS Race Equality Award at this year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards for promoting equity in career development for Black, ...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 urges England and Wales members to vote yes to industrial action as pay ballot opens
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 ...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.’‘Fix crisis in midwifery staffing now’ says the RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called on the Scottish Government to take urgent action on the midwifery staffing crisis.