17 September 2019
I’m sure you will have seen the inspirational young people led by Greta Thunberg who have been going on strike from school on Fridays to highlight the climate emergency and demand action from world leaders. On the 20 September adults are being ...
23 September 2019
The RCM has developed a new section in the Emma’s Diary Pregnancy Guide and Guide to Labour & Birth. These will provide pregnant women with information on the RCM’s Care in Labour blue-top guidance, with the aim of supporting conversations between ...
03 October 2019
The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity System (WY&H LMS) aims to be a first choice place to work, attracting and retaining a highly effective workforce that will be well led, innovative and will continuously learn.
29 November 2019
On 12 December we head to the polls in the first December general election in almost a century. But it is not just the timing of the vote that makes this historic, the choice that we face is historic too.
26 November 2019
We have suspected for some time through anecdotal evidence that the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme is not being used properly in certain areas. Job evaluation underpins the entire Agenda for Change pay structure and ensures equal pay for work of ...
19 November 2019
Maternity Action and the RCM have put together guidance that will be of use to Overseas Visitor Managers, Directors and Heads of Midwifery, and NHS staff caring for migrant women. It covers various aspects of charging policy and practice within ...
12 November 2019
It is understood that around 600 pregnant women are held in one of the UKs 12 female prisons every year with approximately 100 babies born. Numbers and outcomes are not currently collated – something the RCM’s new position statement is calling ...
15 October 2019
Midwifery Continuity of Carer (MCoC) continues to be the buzz word in the midwifery world in the UK and beyond. In 2019 Wales has published a maternity strategy that encompass continuity across the pregnancy, birth and postnatal continuum, ...
02 October 2019
The RCM’s two motions to Congress were calling for better perinatal mental healthcare and the suspension of NHS charging for migrant women. We used our speeches to highlight the shortage of specialist perinatal mental health midwives and ...
23 September 2019
In May of this year the RCM published a joint union statement committing to a series of meetings with the Department of Health and employers in Northern Ireland. The aim of the meetings was to try and reach a positive outcome for members on pay.