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Ockenden: what next?
It is now over four months since the Ockenden report into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was published. On the day of its publication, Sajid Javid, the then Health Secretary, accepted the report on behalf of ...Education and research - midwives are the pioneers for change
Last month the RCM held its first combined Education and Research conference. Members from across the UK came to take part in an excellent range of presentations, panel discussions and workshops, and to share their own knowledge and experiences ...The power of words
The language we use – whether in clinical notes or with the women and families in our care – matters. For the past few months, RCM Research Fellow Juliet Rayment has been working on a project to find a shared vocabulary around labour and birth. Here ...Job evaluation – reviewing the midwifery and nursing profiles
For over a decade, the RCM has been telling successive Health Secretaries that there is a midwifery staffing crisis. The Ockenden Review has drawn a direct correlation between staff shortages and safety shortcomings. Sean O’Sullivan, the ...Supporting Ukraine during World Health Worker Week
World Health Worker Week and World Health Day, on 7 April, provide an opportunity to celebrate frontline health workers, to elevate voices, roles, and needs while advocating for increased support for health workers worldwide. The theme set ...Time for the Government to stop ducking its responsibility on staffing
For over a decade, the RCM has been telling successive Health Secretaries that there is a midwifery staffing crisis. The Ockenden Review has drawn a direct correlation between staff shortages and safety shortcomings. Sean O’Sullivan, the ...Safety – it’s everyone’s business
On World Patient Safety Day, Executive Director Midwife Birte Harlev-Lam and Director for Professional Midwifery Dr Mary Ross-Davie reflect on what the RCM is doing to support improvements in maternity safety.
Join our professorial network at the RCM
We are delighted today to be announcing the new RCM professorial network (PN) and hope that professors of midwifery and related subjects working in the UK will chose to join.