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Date set to ballot midwives on industrial action in Scotland

07 September 2022 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland has today announced the date it will ballot its members on industrial action. The four-week ballot will open on 29 September and run until 27 October. The announcement comes as midwives, maternity ...
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This is ‘at best foolish and at worst negligent’ says RCM responding to reports of a speech by the Health Secretary  

01 September 2022 Responding to the Health Secretary’s speech to Policy Exchange, as reported in this morning’s Times, Birte Harlev-Lam, Executive Director Midwife at the Royal College of Midwives, said: “To suggest that maternity services should be deprioritised ...
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Staffing and funding for maternity bereavement services ‘a scandal’ says the RCM at TUC Congress

18 October 2022 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.
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RCM urges midwives to vote yes to industrial action as England and Wales pay ballot opens

11 November 2022 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) ...
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NHS maternity staffing crisis putting babies’ lives at risk

13 October 2022 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 ...
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Northern Ireland Government must ‘get its act together’ on pay says RCM say

14 November 2022 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 ...
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Act on pay and help the NHS, staff and patients, say health unions

15 November 2022 Unions representing more than a million staff working across the NHS have today (Tuesday) met with health secretary Steve Barclay to discuss the growing workforce crisis. At the Westminster meeting this morning, the unions made clear that ...
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More midwives needed to support women with infant feeding choices says RCM

08 February 2023 Women need better support to make infant feeding choices and that means addressing the serious midwife shortage. That’s the view of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to a Lancet series on formula milk advertising published today.  Formula ...
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