21 August 2024
The RCM’s North of England team has spent the past few weekends at Pride marches across the region. Lynne Galvin, the RCM’s Regional Head for the North of England, explains why it’s been so important
24 March 2020
It only seems like yesterday that I left my role in the hospital as a Digital Midwife to start a secondment at the RCM as a Digital Midwife Advisor. This was a huge career change for me, but one that I felt would support the wider maternity workforce ...
30 March 2020
Midwives and MSWs at the top of the pay band the increase is from the pay uplift effective 1 April 2020. In England and Wales for bands 2 to 8c this increase is 1.67%. For staff at the top of bands 8d and 9 the basic pay increase will be capped at the level ...
06 March 2020
From the start of 2020, more and more midwives across the country have been spotted wearing red. What is the reason for this phenomenon? Is it fashion or something more deep-rooted?
17 September 2020
The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed the announcement by the World Health Organization yesterday (16 September) to extend the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife into 2021.
25 October 2019
The Royal College of midwives has joined The Royal College of Physicians along with 5 other medical colleges and homeless charities to call on Government to urgently address the needs of homeless people .
The organisations made their call ...
27 November 2019
Supporting parents to improve child literacy is the aim of publication from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) published today. The publication ‘Talking to Babies’ is a guide for maternity support workers (MSWs). The guide will help them ...
08 May 2020
A Warwickshire midwifery service that is widening birth choices and improving care for local women has won the Royal College of Midwives Midwifery Service of the Year Award.
10 December 2020
Strong leadership, challenging poor workplace culture, and ringfencing maternity funding are key to improving safety. That’s the message from two leading Royal Colleges as they respond to the independent review of maternity services at ...