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RCM urges Pay Review Body to consider bigger picture and staff crisis as it submits evidence
Decent pay should be seen as part of a solution for recruitment and retention issues. This, alongside the impact of understaffing in maternity services, and the current cost of living crisis faced by members of the Royal College of Midwives ...
Calling all RCM Activists to support 1 April action on pay
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on all its Activists to raise their voices on improving NHS pay on 1 April – and show that midwives are no fools. Friday 1 April may be April Fool’s Day, but it’s also the day RCM members, and other NHS ...
RCM recommends members vote YES to industrial action as ballot opens in Scotland
‘Stand by and get ready to vote on industrial action’ that’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland as it formally launches its ballot on industrial action today. The RCM is recommending that members vote yes to both ...Midwives rally to the cause and demand better for workers in mass London protest
London will be alive to the sound of midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) tomorrow as members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) join thousands of other workers in a mass TUC rally in London.
Four out of five NHS staff say pay is main reason they would quit their jobs
An exclusive poll of NHS staff has today (Friday) revealed that four out of five NHS health workers (80%) would quit the NHS over widespread concerns about their pay. Of those considering leaving, 79% say an inflation-busting pay rise would ...
Below inflation pay award ‘unacceptable’ says RCM
The Government’s announcement of a 4% percent pay increase for midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) ‘is unacceptable and won’t cut it’ says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). While the 4.75% increase is to the overall pay bill, ...
More dismay for RCM members in Wales as pay award announced
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales has said its members will be ‘disappointed and angered’ by today’s pay announcement from the Welsh Government. Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in Wales have been awarded just £1,400 ...
England birth rate rise: 10,000 reasons why investment in maternity services is urgently needed says RCM
As new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a significant rise in births in England, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has renewed its call for greater investment in maternity services and staff.
RCM calls for investment in maternity services as midwife numbers fall in every English region
Midwife numbers have fallen in every English region leading the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) to repeat its call for more investment in maternity services to ensure the safety and quality of care.