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![A midwife championing equality in maternity services recognised with RCM Fellowship](/media/5954/wendy-yewande-olayiwola-rcm-fellow-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=467&height=720&rnd=133543779680000000)
A midwife championing equality in maternity services recognised with RCM Fellowship
A national maternity lead for equality at NHS England and NHS Improvement has been awarded an RCM Fellowship. Wendy Yewande Olayiwola OBE, who was listed in the 2020 WHO/UN global list of 100 outstanding women as a midwife leader, is also a Professional ...![RCM calls for a seismic NHS cultural shift to improve maternity safety](/media/5828/suhs_cover-art.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779610000000)
RCM calls for a seismic NHS cultural shift to improve maternity safety
Poor NHS cultures that put safety at risk must be challenged and stopped. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it publishes new guidance for its members to raise concerns about maternity care, outlining steps staff ...![RCM welcomes CQC report on survey of women’s experience of maternity care](/media/5247/maternity-services-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779340000000)
RCM welcomes CQC report on survey of women’s experience of maternity care
Listening to and acting on women’s experiences of maternity services and midwifery care is crucial to delivering safe high-quality care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to the results of a major survey ...Investing in mental health care for pregnant women saves lives says the RCM
Lives can be saved if there is proper investment in better support for pregnant and postnatal women with mental health problems, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), following the publication of a report by the Maternal Mental ...![RCM welcomes suspension of ‘wrongheaded’ mandatory vaccine policy](/media/4606/shutterstock_1767084407_-covid-vaccine-image.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779010000000)
RCM welcomes suspension of ‘wrongheaded’ mandatory vaccine policy
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the Government’s suspension, subject to consultation of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for frontline NHS staff in England but warns it has come at a further cost of broken trust among midwives ...![COVID misinformation putting pregnant women at risk, says the RCM](/media/4606/shutterstock_1767084407_-covid-vaccine-image.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779010000000)
COVID misinformation putting pregnant women at risk, says the RCM
It is more important than ever that we encourage and support pregnant women to have the COVID vaccination says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as new research shows that in the UK 98 per cent of women admitted to critical care were ...![It’s time to halt NHS staff exodus with game-changing pay rise, say health unions](/media/2030/money-pay_0.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=131884116460000000)
It’s time to halt NHS staff exodus with game-changing pay rise, say health unions
The mounting NHS staffing crisis and long waiting times will become permanent unless the government brings in a game-changing retention package, with an inflation-busting pay rise at its heart, say health unions today (Monday). In evidence ...![Wales maternity safety plans welcome but must be backed up with investment says RCM](/media/2023/wales.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=131884116460000000)
Wales maternity safety plans welcome but must be backed up with investment says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed Welsh Government plans announced today to improvement maternity safety, and says they must be backed up with investment in staff, training and resources.![RCM calls for immediate delay to NHS staff mandatory vaccination plans](/media/4606/shutterstock_1767084407_-covid-vaccine-image.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779010000000)
RCM calls for immediate delay to NHS staff mandatory vaccination plans
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for an immediate delay to Government plans for mandatory COVID vaccination of NHS staff in England, fearing a catastrophic impact on maternity services.![Safe maternity care is a right for all women says RCM on prison stillbirth report](/media/5771/ppo-styal-report-cover.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=720&height=467&rnd=133543779590000000)