By Sean O'Sullivan, Head of Health and Social Policy, RCM on 08 March 2023
RCM delegates at this week’s TUC Women’s Conference have called on our sister unions to back a campaign to ensure that maternity workforce planning is based on the needs of women, babies and families and that this should be reinforced with a national ...
By Lisa Grant, specialist diabetes midwife Cwm Taf Morganwg, Wales
I always enjoyed acute medical nursing and realised that as a practising midwife I would be able to cross over and enjoy both my favourite health interests within this new role.
By Gill Walton, Chief Executive, RCM
Maternity care has rarely been under such scrutiny as it is now and, as midwives, some of the coverage can be hard to hear. Gill Walton, the RCM's general secretary and chief executive, explains why we must listen in order to learn and move forward.
By Jane Coyne, Smokefree Pregnancy Programme Manager at Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
This No Smoking Day, Jane Coyne, Smokefree Pregnancy Programme Manager at Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, reflects on how innovative stop smoking initiatives are reducing smoking rates and helping to tackle health ...
By Joy Kemp, Global Professional Advisor
International Women’s Day is a day of unique significance to midwives as, besides providing care to women and their families, midwives are defenders of women’s rights and are at the forefront of advocacy work and social change within the fields ...
By Alice Sorby, Employment Relations Advisor
TUC Women’s Conference is always one of my highlights of the trade union year. Timed to coincide with International Women’s Day there is always a really special atmosphere as trade union activists come together to share our experiences both ...