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Asymptomatic testing
Following the Government’s announcement to pause asymptomatic testing for COVID, RCM Director of Employment Relations Alice Sorby shares the RCM position along with workplace support and the employer’s legal duty to your health, safety ...
120 years of the Midwives Act in England and Wales
31 July 2022 marks the 120 anniversary of the 1902 Midwives Act. The Act has been credited as the first formal recognition and development of professional midwifery. Of course, midwifery is one of the world’s oldest professions long practised ...Want to make a difference when it comes to pay?
Trade unions are rarely out of the news at the moment. Across the public and private sector union members are saying they have had enough. Had enough of being worse off, working harder and longer and paying for a cost of living crisis that they did ...What the withdrawal of the COVID workforce guidance means for you
It is disappointing but not surprising that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has decided that now is the time to withdraw its COVID-19 workforce guidance in England. This will see a return to normal contractual arrangements.The RCM is calling for the suspension of the abatement rule to continue
I was trying to think how to make this blog sound exciting. But it’s tricky when I’m updating you on the proposed continuation of the suspension of restrictions on return to work (or the abatement rule), introduced by the Coronavirus Act. That ...Shout to the top
The issue that we receive more feedback from members than anything else, has been the huge challenge of trying to implement continuity of carer during the stress and demands of COVID-19. Midwives are increasingly distressed that all their ...A tried and trusted voice
As we settle into another year, we carry with us the weight of the ongoing pandemic and added concerns and anxieties regarding the Government’s decision to introduce mandatory vaccines in England for frontline staff. This is something the ...
COVID-19 vaccine: fertility and pregnancy
We know that midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) across the UK have been working really hard to get the clear and consistent message out to the women that we recommend that all pregnant women take up the COVID-19 vaccine.Health, safety and escalating risk
In our own units and in our teams, we have our ways of assessing risk and improving our maternity services. However, when faced with a global pandemic we took to much larger collective ways of assessing risk, applying national guidance and we ...