on 20 February 2020
The Royal College of Midwives is calling for investment in midwives and other staff supporting better child health. The call comes as the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) publishes the findings of their annual survey of health visitors in ...
on 18 February 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for more investment in maternity services if midwives are to feel well-supported at work. The RCM says that while the latest NHS Staff Survey published today shows some progress, this can only be ...
By ‘Improvements needed in NHS job evaluation for Maternity Support Workers’ says RCM on 29 November 2019
This week the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is celebrating and highlighting the role of maternity support workers (MSWs) in NHS maternity services.
As part of the focus on MSWs and the work that they do the RCM has today published results ...
By Not good enough says RCM on midwife numbers in Health Foundation report on 28 November 2019
Today the Health Foundation has published a report on the NHS Workforce. The reports shows how different NHS staff groups have grown in the past year. Midwives have grown in number by the smallest of any group.
By ‘Midwives key frontline professionals who can identify FGM says RCM’ on 28 November 2019
Today NHS Digital have published the latest enhanced dataset on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
The data collected is from July to September 2019 and supports the Department of Health’s FGM prevention programme presenting a national ...
By ‘Worrying’ says RCM as rates of obesity amongst pregnant women in Scotland on the rise’ on 27 November 2019
The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland have published their annual report on Births in Scottish hospitals.
The publication covers important statistics related to pregnancy, childbirth and the early care of babies born ...
By ‘RCM responds to Conservative Party Manifesto’ on 26 November 2019
The Conservative party have published their manifesto for the upcoming 2019 General Election.
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have welcomed the Conservatives commitment to make the ‘NHS the best place in the world to give birth’.
By ‘Midwives urge pregnant women to have flu vaccine’ on 25 November 2019
The RCM has joined with Public Health (PHE) England and NHS England to urge pregnant women to get their free flu vaccine in over the next few weeks.
The RCM says while the flu is usually a self-limiting disease for many people including pregnant ...
By ‘RCM welcomes Plaid Cymru manifesto commitment to restore mother and baby unit in Wales’ on 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 ...
By ‘RCM responds to Labour Party manifesto pledges’ on 21 November 2019
The Labour party have today launched their manifesto for the 2019 General Election.
Responding Jon Skewes, Executive Director for External Relations at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said; “We are happy to see a commitment to putting ...