24 March 2022
A London midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her work supporting South Asian women and midwives, and her efforts to tackle inequality in maternity care. Nafiza Anwar is a Lead Maternal Medicine ...
22 March 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is demanding improvements in maternity care for Northern Ireland’s women in its Blueprint for better maternity care published today.
18 March 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling out the Government’s record on maternity funding which leaves some NHS trusts and boards basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs. Delivering the safest ...
11 March 2022
A shake-up in parental leave after pregnancy is needed so that it works better for both parents says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The call comes in a RCM motion to the TUC Women’s Conference today and is backed by maternity rights charity ...
11 March 2022
The Government must fix the worsening staffing shortages in maternity services to protect the safety of care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a motion to the TUC Women’s Conference today.
02 March 2022
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today (2nd March) officially unveiled the helipad at Oxford Road Campus (ORC). She also visited maternity services at Saint Mary’s Hospital, both part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust ...
02 March 2022
Mandatory vaccination for NHS staff is a policy that should never have seen the light of day, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as the Government announced that the legal requirement for health and social care staff to be vaccinated ...
28 February 2022
Racial disparities in baby death rates could be significantly reduced with new pregnancy screening technology, according to research from the Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement – led by the Royal College of Obstetricians ...
23 February 2022
Following the broadcast of Maternity scandal: Fighting for the truth, broadcast this evening by the BBC, Gill Walton, Chief Executive of The Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “The pain of the families who have been permanently scarred ...
22 February 2022
The Government must scrap punitive NHS charging of pregnant vulnerable migrant women, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The College goes on to warn that the fear of having to pay for their care is stopping many women engaging with maternity ...