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RCM ballot on industrial action over pay opens in Scotland
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland says ‘it’s recommending its members vote yes to industrial action’ as it official launches its ballot on industrial action over pay. Balloting members on industrial action the RCM says it ...We must work together to fix maternity care, says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has urged swifter progress to fix the systemic problems facing maternity care. The call comes following the publication by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE of his review of the failings at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust.Staffing and funding for maternity bereavement services ‘a scandal’ says the RCM at TUC Congress
Significant and urgent Investment is needed to tackle serious staff shortages and underfunding in maternity service bereavement care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a motion to the TUC Congress tomorrow.
RCM urges midwives to vote yes to industrial action as England and Wales pay ballot opens
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today launched only its second ballot on industrial action in England and its first in Wales in its142 year history. The College, which represents most midwives and also maternity support workers (MSWs) ...
RCM to consult members in Northern Ireland on appetite for industrial action
“If no pay award was implemented, would you be prepared to take industrial action?” That’s one of the questions the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will ask its members in Northern Ireland next week when it launches a formal consultation on pay. The ...
NHS maternity staffing crisis putting babies’ lives at risk
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and leading UK pregnancy and baby loss charity Sands are warning that a severe shortage of staff in maternity services is putting mothers and babies’ lives at risk. The message comes as a report - on maternity ...
Scotland’s midwives vote yes to industrial action over pay
Midwife and maternity support worker (MSW) members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) across Scotland have overwhelmingly voted yes on taking industrial action, up to and including strike action, over the Scottish Government’s ‘insulting’ ...
Government must act now to reverse rise in maternal deaths, says RCM
The ‘statistically significant’ increase in maternal deaths reported today by MBRRACE-UK is a tragic indication of a lack of Government investment in maternity services, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).Northern Ireland Government must ‘get its act together’ on pay says RCM say
Midwives and maternity support worker (MSW) members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) across Northern Ireland have said resoundingly that they are prepared to take industrial action, including strike action if necessary, over the lack ...