22 May 2023
A maternity support worker from London has won a prestigious award by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) for setting up an innovative support hub to help women and families through the cost-of-living crisis.
22 May 2023
A student midwife, working at London South Bank University has won the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) prestigious Student Midwife Travel award, for producing a series of animated posters to help her peers study. Rachel Brackpool, who is neurodiverse, ...
22 May 2023
A maternity support worker (MSW) from Birmingham has won the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Maternity Support Worker of the Year award, for her work on infant feeding.
22 May 2023
A team of midwives and physiotherapists from London who organised ground-breaking training for colleagues to support new mothers with physiotherapy has won a national award from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Midwives Monica Franklin ...
16 August 2024
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called for a new approach in hospital inspections, following an apology from the Interim Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the implementation of their new regulatory approach.
In ...
22 November 2019
Today Plaid Cymru launched their manifesto for the General Election.
Responding, Helen Rogers the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Director for Wales said;
“The RCM welcomes Plaid Cymru’s pledge to support the restoration of the ...
23 October 2020
A healthy and supported midwifery workforce has never been more important for maternity services in Wales. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to the latest workforce report published today by the Welsh ...
20 November 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the progress in making maternity services in Wales safer and better but says there is still work to be done to ensure world-class maternity care. The RCM’s comments come as Healthcare Inspectorate ...
23 June 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) together with eight other trade unions in Wales have collectively called on the Welsh Government to give NHS staff an urgent, significant and well-earned pay rise.
In an open letter delivered in person ...
13 May 2021
‘Efforts need to be redoubled to tackle smoking rates among pregnant women as a matter of urgency.’ That is the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales as it responds to new maternity and pregnancy statistics published by the ...