By RCM Director for Wales Julie Richards and Head of Bereavement Care & Hospital Liaison Marc Harder on 13 October 2023
RCM Director for Wales Julie Richards and Head of Bereavement Care & Hospital Liaison Marc Harder at the baby loss charity Sands have co-written a blog for Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) 2023.
By RCM Quality and Standards Advisor Lia Brigante
Europe's midwives gathered in Istanbul for the general annual meeting of the European Association of Midwives (EMA) on 22 and 23 September. From the UK, Mervi Jokinen and Lia Brigante participated as delegates of The Royal College of Midwives ...
By RCM Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Jayne Bekoe on 02 October 2023
Under this year’s theme for Black History and Culture Month - Celebrating our sisters, Saluting our sisters and Honouring matriarchs of movements – the RCM’s Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Jayne Bekoe salutes Black women and Black ...
By RCM Quality and Standards Advisor Deborah Longe on 14 September 2023
As midwives and MSWs, we want women to be well supported during pregnancy – but we also acknowledge that, while we have an incredibly important part to play in this, we can’t be there all the time. Having a strong support network, and particularly ...
By RCM Professional Advisor Caitlin Wilson on 06 September 2023
Graduating from university and making that leap to newly qualified midwife is an exciting time. RCM’s Professional Advisor Caitlin Wilson shares how she first adjusted to her new professional identity as midwife and what the RCM is doing to ...
By RCM Health and Safety Advisor Lesley Wood on 06 September 2023
For the 34th Hazards Conference – the largest educational and organising event for trade union health and reps and activists – the RCM brought the Caring for You campaign to the fore to speak to activists and push the agenda for better health, ...
By Joanna Keable (She/her) RM MSc Deputy Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology on 17 August 2023
As Florence Nightingale Scholar, Joanna Keable shares her experience working with RCM the Executive Director of Professional Leadership at the RCM, Birte Harlev-Lam OBE.
By Susan Hughes, RCM member, Consultant Midwife, Gloucester Hospitals Trust and Worcester University on 12 July 2023
Following the ICM Congress in Bali last month, RCM member and consultant midwife Susan Hughes reflects on her experience representing the RCM, meeting midwives from across the globe and learning about the experiences of midwives changing ...
By Jayne Wagstaff, research midwife Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow
Jayne Wagstaff, research midwife at Leads Teaching Hospital Trust, shares how they got into midwifery research and the opportunities that awaited.