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.
on 11 October 2022
We are excited to announce the nominations for student midwife elections to the RCM Student Midwife Forum (SMF) open on Monday 10th October 2022. There are 14 seats on the forum in total; two each for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and eight ...
By Gemma Murphy on 07 October 2022
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’ ...
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 ...
on 22 September 2022
RCM members working in the NHS in England and Wales are set to be formally balloted on industrial action over pay.
This follows a consultation in which RCM members overwhelmingly rejected their governments’ pay awards of £1400 for most ...
on 22 September 2022
A new independent maternity working group, one of the key Immediate and Essential Actions (IEAs) from the Ockenden review of maternity safety, has met for the first time. The group, which is co-chaired by Gill Walton, Chief Executive of the ...
By Gemma Murphy on 12 July 2022
The courage, compassion and dedication of over 1.5 million NHS workers including midwives and maternity support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been recognised by Her Majesty The Queen.
Today NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard ...
on 22 March 2022
Midwives and maternity support workers in Northern Ireland have told the RCM that that the recent 3% pay award they received was not good enough.
The feedback came following a survey of RCM members in Northern Ireland, with the overwhelming ...
on 18 February 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for better training for 999 call handlers, following a report which found they were giving potentially unsafe advice to pregnant women waiting for an ambulance.
By Gemma Murphy on 03 February 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on all midwives and maternity support workers in Northern Ireland to have their say on pay as it launches a survey on the recent pay settlement. The views of members are crucial to informing the direction ...