Media releases

Media releases

• • Covid-19
  • Midwives
  • Midwifery Workforce
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • NHS Wales
  • Wales
  • RCM Wales

Influencing

Invest in maternity services and support staff says RCM ahead of Welsh election

on 20 April 2021 Improving the quality and safety of Welsh NHS maternity services and supporting staff post-pandemic must be priorities for the next Welsh Government says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) launching its Blueprint for maternity care in Wales ...

Media releases

• • NHS Staff
  • Maternity Services
  • Midwifery
  • Safety
  • Covid-19
  • NHS Wales
  • Wales
  • RCM Wales
  • Digital Maturity
  • Specialist Midwives
  • Specialist Mental Health Midwives

Influencing

RCM calls for greater investment in Welsh maternity services

on 20 November 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed the progress in making maternity services in Wales safer and better but says there is still work to be done to ensure world-class maternity care. The RCM’s comments come as Healthcare Inspectorate ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • Covid-19
  • Staffing Levels
  • NHS Staff
  • Leadership
  • NHS Wales
  • Wales
  • RCM Wales
  • Welsh Government
  • Midwife Shortage

Influencing

Healthy and supported midwifery workforce never more important for Welsh maternity services

on 23 October 2020 A healthy and supported midwifery workforce has never been more important for maternity services in Wales. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to the latest workforce report published today by the Welsh ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • Safety
  • RCM Wales
  • NHS Wales
  • Wales
  • Welsh Government

Influencing

RCM comments on latest Cwm Taf maternity services report 

By RCM comments on latest Cwm Taf maternity services report  on 28 September 2020 Commenting on the latest progress report on Cwm Taf  Morgannwg University Health Board maternity services, Helen Rogers, Director for Wales at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “Maternity staff and senior managers at Cwm Taf ​Morgannwg are ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Pregnancy
  • Midwifery
  • NHS
  • Specialist Midwives
  • Mother and Baby Separation
  • Expectant Mothers
  • RCM Wales
  • Wales
  • NHS Wales

Influencing

‘RCM welcomes Plaid Cymru manifesto commitment to restore mother and baby unit in Wales’

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 much-needed ...

Media releases

• • RCM Annual Conference
  • Wales
  • RCM Wales

Influencing

Half of student midwives consider leaving training over financial concerns reveals RCM’

on 23 September 2019 ‘Almost half of student midwives have considered leaving their midwifery courses due to financial pressures and debt’ that’s according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) who today have published the results of a new student midwife survey. The ...

Media releases

• • RCM Annual Conference
  • Wales
  • RCM Wales

Influencing

Vaughan Gething set to deliver speech to midwives at RCM’s Annual Conference

on 23 September 2019 The Minster for Health and Social Services in Wales Vaughan Gething AM will tomorrow attend the first day of the Royal College of Midwives (RCMs) annual conference in Manchester.

Media releases

• • Wales

Supporting

University team sharing award-winning ways of supporting mums-to-be

on 22 March 2019 Swansea University’s Midwifery and Parenting Centre has proved so successful, the team behind it are set to share their experiences with colleagues across Wales.

Media releases

• • Wales
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwives
  • RCM Wales
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Consultations
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Supporting

RCM welcomes announcement offer of a pay rise for midwives in Wales

By RCM on 05 July 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed the announcement by Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething on a new pay offer for midwives, maternity support workers and all other NHS staff in Wales.

Media releases

• • FGM - Female Genital Mutilation
  • Wales
  • Midwives

Influencing

‘A major step in the campaign to stop FGM in Wales’ says RCM on opening of first specialist FGM clinic in Wales

By RCM on 02 May 2018 This week, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) has launched Wales’s first Specialist Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Pilot Clinic. The specialist service known as the ‘Women’s Wellbeing Clinic’ will be open to all females affected ...