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Warnings over surge in listeriosis cases
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been alerted by public health authorities to an ongoing outbreak of listeria which is being linked with smoked fish. Midwives and MSWs are being urged to discuss these risks with the women in their care, ...Join the RCM at London Pride 2022
On 2 July the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will join the parade at London Pride 2022 and applications are now open for members to march with the RCM and celebrate LGBT+ Pride. London Pride is the UK’s biggest, most diverse Pride, and one of ...
RCM Chief Exec calls out Government for starving the NHS of resources
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has criticised the Government for its latest derisory pay offer, stating that ‘they are not on the side of working people.’RCM champions better support for workplace stress in new guidance
As numerous surveys continue to highlight how stressed midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) are in the workplace, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), has published new guidance to help its members recognise and manage their own stress.'Midwives are the only registered professionals that can provide midwifery care and cannot be replaced by nurses’ says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its deep concern about the growing trend of deploying nurses in maternity services. There is a UK-wide shortage of midwives that has led to alternative sources for the maternity workforce being ...Statement on Chancellor’s commitment to recruit 2,000 more midwives
Following today’s Autumn Statement, the Royal College of Midwives has given a cautious welcome to the commitment by the Government to recruit 2,000 more midwives in England.One month on: RCM sets out its next steps following the Kirkup report
When Dr Bill Kirkup’s report, Reading the signals - Maternity and neonatal services in East Kent, was published in October this year, it made for sobering reading for anyone involved in maternity care. What was clear was the systemic challenge ...Statement from the IMWG in response to the East Kent Independent Report Reading the Signals
The Independent Maternity Working Group (IMWG) was commissioned by the DHSC and NHSE at the end of August 2022 to advise and support the Maternity Transformation Programme (MTP) around implementation of the Immediate and Essential Actions ...
Royal visit for Grampian maternity unit from RCM Patron HRH The Princess Royal
Inverurie’s Community Maternity Unit (ICMU) was treated to a Royal visit at the weekend from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Patron, HRH The Princess Royal. The Princess Royal toured the unit meeting midwives, healthcare support workers ...