08 June 2023
A report on the health and social care workforce by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has highlighted the growing workforce crisis and called for a long-term sustainable solution ‘to give workers hope’. The report has been produced ...
07 March 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its disappointment at the long-awaited Government response to Dr Bill Kirkup’s report into maternity services at East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The response, delivered ...
13 September 2023
Today midwives and maternity support worker (MSW) members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) across Northern Ireland have announced strike action from 8am to 4pm on Friday 22 September. They will also be taking industrial action short ...
13 September 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is warning that plans to recruit and educate new midwives will be severely undermined unless substantial and sustained investment is made in midwifery education.
18 October 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is warning that young mothers need much more vital perinatal mental health support to reverse the rising trend of postnatal depression among teenage mothers.
20 October 2023
The latest ‘State of care ‘report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) paints a worrying picture of the state of maternity services across the UK says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
17 July 2024
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed elements of The King's Speech today saying it has ‘helpfully unveiled more of the new Government’s direction’. Importantly the RCM says it has signalled updates to trade union legislation that ...
12 September 2024
“The Darzi Report identifies many of the big issues within the NHS, but once again maternity care does not get the high profile it deserves.
While some areas of the NHS will be praising this report and its findings, capacity remains a major ...
23 January 2020
This year, there’s going to be a lot of red in my wardrobe – because red is the symbol we are using for World Health Organization-designated International Year of the Midwife.
19 December 2019
The Government has made a promising start in reversing years of underinvestment in the NHS – but there is much more to do. That’s the verdict of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on today’s Queen's Speech.