on 10 December 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for more support for newly qualified midwives. The call comes in a letter to the UK’s four Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) from the RCM and UNISON with input from a number of other organisations.
By Lydia O'Neill on 07 December 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) today called on the Scottish Government to deliver consistent investment in maternity recruitment, development and wellbeing. The call came as its Director of Professional Midwifery, Dr Mary Ross-Davie, ...
on 01 December 2021
After much delay yesterday Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann announced he will finally implement a 3% pay award for RCM members.
The pay increase which was recommended by the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) sometime ago and is on ...
on 01 December 2021
New guidance to help trade unions and employers work better with NHS staff networks has been published and is a positive step forwards says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The guidance has been produced by the NHS Staff Council’s Equality ...
on 10 November 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling all midwives and maternity support workers in Wales to have their say on pay.
In August the Pay Review Body recommended a 3% pay award which has since been applied to RCM members’ salaries. RCM ...
on 10 November 2021
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, has announced that, from 1 April 2022, it will be compulsory for all patient-facing staff working within the NHS in England to have received both doses of the COVID vaccine. Along ...
By RCM Research Advisors, Jude Field and Jenny Cunningham on 05 November 2021
Welcome to our first RCM Research Advisor blog. We are planning to publish a blog once a month, highlighting some of the RCM’s most recent research related activity.
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has this week written to the Prime Minister, revoicing its dissatisfaction with the recent pay award its members in England and Wales received.
In its letter to Boris Johnson, the RCM have again called ...
By Jo Cull, National Institute for Health Research Wellbeing of Women Doctoral Fellow
No matter how keen you are to do your PhD, the thought of six years of part-time study while working part-time to pay for it is, well, a bit of a thought. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) offer salaried Doctoral Fellowships to healthcare ...
By Lydia O'Neill, Digital Content Creator on 10 October 2021
On World Mental Health Day, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on the Government to improve maternity services and asking employers, activists and branches to renew the Caring for You initiative in their units so that the health, ...