By Gemma Murphy on 03 February 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on all midwives and maternity support workers in Northern Ireland to have their say on pay as it launches a survey on the recent pay settlement. The views of members are crucial to informing the direction ...
By Gemma Murphy on 24 January 2022
Decent pay should be seen as part of a solution for recruitment and retention issues. This, alongside the impact of understaffing in maternity services, and the current cost of living crisis faced by members of the Royal College of Midwives ...
on 22 December 2021
As 2021 draws to a close the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been reflecting on its Deliver a Decent deal pay campaign and subsequent pay awards for members in all four countries. RCM members in England and Wales have already received their ...
on 01 December 2021
After much delay yesterday Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann announced he will finally implement a 3% pay award for RCM members.
The pay increase which was recommended by the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) sometime ago and is on par ...
on 10 November 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling all midwives and maternity support workers in Wales to have their say on pay.
In August the Pay Review Body recommended a 3% pay award which has since been applied to RCM members’ salaries. RCM Wales ...
By Colin Beesley on 27 September 2021
Better pay, staffing levels and working conditions are vital to retain staff and recruit more says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as the RCM publishes the results of a survey of its midwife and maternity support worker (MSW) ...
By Gemma Murphy on 27 August 2021
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a pay survey for members in England and Wales to gauge its members’ views on the recent pay settlement.
By Gemma Murphy on 20 April 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is urging its members Scotland to have their say on pay by responding to the pay consultation which was launched last week.
The pay consultation runs until midday Monday 10 May and over the past week all members ...
By Gemma Murphy on 23 March 2021
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) led a delegation, including a midwife and a maternity support worker, to give evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) about how 10 years of pay restraint has impacted them and their maternity colleagues ...
on 22 March 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed an announcement by the Welsh Government that midwives, maternity support workers and NHS and social care staff are to receive a bonus payment in recognition of their work during the coronavirus ...