08 November 2021
Scotland’s former Chief Midwife, Professor Ann Holmes, has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her contribution to midwifery. She received her award at the RCM’s Annual Awards on 27 October.
15 November 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Benevolent Fund has officially formed a new alliance with the Cavell Nurses’ Trust to continue supporting midwives and maternity support workers during times of personal financial hardship. The occasion ...
18 November 2021
An academic midwife from Coventry University has won a national award for her research around pregnancy in women with a rarely diagnosed genetic condition. Dr Sally Pezaro received the Royal College of Midwives Partnership Working award ...
01 July 2022
This week saw the publication of alarming new NHS workforce figures for England showing the drop in midwife numbers is not only continuing but accelerating, with the North of England worst affected.
The latest numbers, for April this year, ...
23 June 2022
Midwives who retire and return from the 1995 section of the NHS Pension scheme in England and Wales will in the future benefit from changes to the 16hr rule. It has been agreed that the process to permanently remove that rule be started. The 16hr ...
05 May 2022
Lives can be saved with more investment and better support for women with maternal mental health problems in pregnancy and after birth, say the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA). The two organisations ...
25 February 2022
Staffing shortages and underinvestment are hitting the quality and safety of maternity care said the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Chief Executive Gill Walton, speaking to Westminster politicians this week.
19 January 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is launching a survey seeking the views and experiences of its Black, Asian and minority ethnic members who have been through or are going through disciplinary or capability proceedings, and from RCM workplace ...
18 January 2022
Last night Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie called for urgent action to address working conditions, staffing shortfalls and retention among midwives and MSWs in England.
04 March 2022
A new RCM research award buddy scheme will be officially launched at the RCM Education & Research conference on 24 March 2022. It is hoped that the creation of this scheme will encourage and support more midwives to apply for the Wellbeing of Women ...