on 11 September 2018
Scotland is seeing increasing obesity levels and age of mothers in pregnancy and a big rise in midwifery vacancies. This means demands on Scottish maternity services are increasing says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland in a new ...
on 11 September 2018
The number of NHS midwives in England rose by just 67 in the last year, despite universities turning out over 2,000 newly-trained staff, according to the latest State of Maternity Services Report published today by the Royal College of Midwives ...
on 09 September 2018
Today the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock announced that health and care staff will be part of a health and social care conversation, as a new national engagement exercise is launched.
on 07 September 2018
A motion which includes calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal is being put forward by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and other unions at the TUC Congress starting today. The TUC Congress runs from the 9th -12th September in Manchester.
By RCM Media Office on 28 August 2018
New research published today (Tuesday 28th August) by the Labour Party shows that nearly half of England’s maternity units closed to new mothers at some point in 2017.
By RCM on 20 August 2018
Birthrights has today (Tuesday 20th August) published the results of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on maternal request for caesarean section.
By RCM on 17 August 2018
Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland (RCM) accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change staff pay.
By RCM on 14 August 2018
A midwife member of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has won compensation of almost £5000 at a tribunal over indirect sex discrimination by One-to-One Midwives (North West), her former employer.
By RCM on 02 August 2018
A new Position Statement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) supports the universal provision of baby boxes in the UK. Currently baby boxes are given to all new babies in Scotland.
By RCM on 31 July 2018
Today (Wednesday 1st August) marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2018 and this year the theme is ‘Foundation of Life’.
