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Exploring leadership through the language of colour: introducing Insights Discovery
I was introduced to Insights Discovery, a psychometric profiling tool, when I was working as a lecturer in leadership and management at Newcastle Business School. Now, I should point out that I’m generally somewhat sceptical about such tools, ...Time to deliver a decent pay rise: what we are doing and how to help
Midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs) and everyone else working in the NHS are long overdue a decent pay rise. Not only have you put in phenomenal effort in recent months to fight the greatest health crisis to hit Britain and the world in ...
What we can learn from the MBRRACE rapid report
The MBRRACE-UK collaboration’s ‘Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care rapid review: Learning from SARS-CoV-2-related and associated maternal deaths in the UK was recently published. The report aims to address the immediate concerns ...
Pension scheme consultation
The Government last week launched a consultation document that runs until October. They want to know what scheme members feel about when this choice is to be offered – either immediately after 1 April 2022 or when they retire.
Gill Walton letter of thanks for MSW celebrations
During November, the RCM celebrated MSW Week and rolled out an MSW Virtual Festival with hour long sessions on a range of topics. Although virtual, the engagement was overwhelming with maternity teams up and down the country sharing their appreciation ...Plymouth invites families to decorate Christmas tree
‘Christmas tree oh Christmas tree how lovely are your branches?’ We can certainly enjoy the tree at Derriford Hospital as the maternity staff ask families to decorate the branches with baubles, one for each baby born in December.
RCM says urgent action needed to stamp out racism in NHS
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says urgent action is needed to stamp out racism in the NHS in a motion to the TUC Black Workers conference starting today. It calls for an open and inclusive NHS in which everyone feels that they belong and says ...
Deep-seated problems still blighting NHS maternity workforce
Small improvements are not enough to address the deep-seated problems blighting the NHS maternity workforce – and won’t be enough to keep some in the profession. That was the verdict today of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on the latest ...A blank piece of paper
What is co-production? Equality, equity, a balance of power, the ability for communities to be involved in working together with professionals to achieve change. It’s an honest desire to value and combine the strengths, knowledge and opinions ...