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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 ...
New members and a new year for the RCM Student Midwife Forum
A newly constituted Student Midwife Forum (SMF) starts their work this week, with some new faces joining existing members. The 10 SMF members represent the whole UK, with four representing England and two each from Wales, Scotland and Northern ...
RCM seeks views from its members in Northern Ireland on pay
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on all midwives and maternity support workers in Northern Ireland to have their say on pay as it launches a survey on the recent pay settlement. The views of members are crucial to informing the direction ...HSIB report flags safety concerns around 999 call handling for pregnant women
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for better training for 999 call handlers, following a report which found they were giving potentially unsafe advice to pregnant women waiting for an ambulance.RCM message of solidarity - UCU strikes
The RCM is sending a message of solidarity with UCU members taking strike action over falling pay, the gender and ethnic pay gap, precarious employment practices, and unsafe workloads.RCM launch research award buddy scheme
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 ...
RCM responds to RCN’s decision to diverge from joint NHS unions position on pay
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its ‘disappointment’ in response to The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announcement of its decision to back out of the collective NHS unions formal position on pay. In January this year all ...
Results of Northern Ireland member survey on pay
Midwives and maternity support workers in Northern Ireland have told the RCM that that the recent 3% pay award they received was not good enough. The feedback came following a survey of RCM members in Northern Ireland, with the overwhelming ...
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 ...