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RCM calls for end to migrant women maternity charging over safety fears
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 ...
Stem the tide of midwives leaving the profession, RCM tells Downing Street
Concern over the growing workforce crisis in maternity came to Downing Street today, as RCM Chief Executive Gill Walton presented a petition demanding action by Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The petition, ...
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 ...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
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 ...
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 ...
Leading Maternity Royal Colleges urge NHS to avoid redeploying maternity staff in wake of rising COVID-19 cases
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) are urging NHS Trusts and Boards to ensure that maternity staff are not redeployed to other areas of the hospital as COVID-19 cases rise again.
Maternity Royal Colleges welcome prioritisation of pregnant women for COVID-19 vaccination
Urgent efforts must now be made to ensure that pregnant women are fast tracked when booking their COVID-19 vaccines. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have welcomed the ...
NHS Staff Council Statement on annual leave
Today (12 December) the NHS staff council have issued a joint statement in relation to annual leave and carry forward leave for midwives, maternity support workers, and all NHS staff. This follows a recent announcement from the Prime Minister ...