By Gemma Murphy on 01 August 2022
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a pay consultation of its members working in the NHS in England and Wales. The College wants to gauge how midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) feel about the pay award and what action ...
By Gemma Murphy on 20 July 2022
The RCM, together with other trade unions in Northern Ireland, has published a statement following yesterday’s pay award announcement in England for midwives and maternity support workers.
The below inflation pay award has been described ...
By Gemma Murphy on 12 July 2022
The courage, compassion and dedication of over 1.5 million NHS workers including midwives and maternity support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been recognised by Her Majesty The Queen.
Today NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard ...
on 07 April 2022
Supporting women to make decisions about their care that are right for them is behind a new briefing for midwives on informed decision making published today. There is a clear link between safer care and a maternity culture that listens to, and ...
on 07 April 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales has secured more funding to support its members with workplace education and training through its union learning representatives (ULR). The money - which runs through to 2025 - comes from the Welsh ...
on 06 April 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been alerted by public health authorities to an ongoing outbreak of listeria which is being linked with smoked fish. Midwives and MSWs are being urged to discuss these risks with the women in their care, ...
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its ‘disappointment’ in response to The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announcement of its decision to back out of the collective NHS unions formal position on pay.
In January this year all ...
A new RCM research award buddy scheme will be officially launched at the RCM Education & Research conference on 24 March 2022. It is hoped that the creation of this scheme will encourage and support more midwives to apply for the Wellbeing of Women ...
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 Colin Beesley on 26 January 2022
A newly constituted Student Midwife Forum (SMF) starts their work this week, with some new faces joining existing members. The 10 SMF members represent the whole UK, with four representing England and two each from Wales, Scotland and Northern ...