28 March 2023
A leading Welsh midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her contribution to midwifery. Dr Suzanne Hardacre received her Fellowship at the RCM’s Education and Research Conference in Birmingham on ...
05 May 2023
A trio of Welsh midwives have gained national recognition for their work to improve support for newly qualified midwives (NQM) across Wales.
19 May 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the appointment of Kate Brintworth – currently Chief Midwifery Officer for London - as England’s new Chief Midwifery Officer.
22 May 2023
A London midwife has won a national award for her work improving care and support for neurodivergent pregnant women and maternity staff. Emilie Edwards who is herself autistic and a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Middlesex University, received ...
22 May 2023
A Medway midwife has scooped a national award for improving maternity care for women with learning disabilities. Sarah-Jayne Ambler - Clinical Research Manager in Midwifery at Medway Foundation Trust - received the Excellence in Midwifery ...
22 May 2023
A project for student midwives that stretches across international boundaries has won four midwifery lecturers from Scotland and Switzerland a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
22 May 2023
Improving support for women with mental health issues in pregnancy has won a midwife pair from Barnsley a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Yasmeen Akhtar and Melissa Addy – specialist mental health midwives at Barnsley ...
25 May 2023
Two Bereavement Support Midwives from the Ulster Hospital have scooped a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for their ‘beautiful project’ to improve bereavement care for women and their partners. Susan Still, and Jacqueline ...
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.