03 October 2019
The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity System (WY&H LMS) aims to be a first choice place to work, attracting and retaining a highly effective workforce that will be well led, innovative and will continuously learn.
09 March 2020
From the first meeting, the group members knew that they wanted to focus their efforts on developing the support offered to newly qualified midwives across Scotland. The experiences of support and preceptorship of group members had been very ...
24 August 2022
A call for more and better support for newly qualified midwives (NQM) has come from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a statement today. This support - called preceptorship – aids the move of NQMs into their first job in midwifery.
05 May 2023
A trio of Welsh midwives have gained national recognition for their work to improve support for newly qualified midwives (NQM) across Wales.
22 May 2023
A London midwife has won a national award for her work improving care and support for neurodivergent pregnant women and maternity staff. Emilie Edwards who is herself autistic and a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Middlesex University, received ...
10 December 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for more support for newly qualified midwives. The call comes in a letter to the UK’s four Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) from the RCM and UNISON with input from a number of other organisations.
03 August 2023
Today the Nursing and Midwifery Council have published a ‘Spotlight’ report on nursing and midwifery. The report found international professionals experiencing discrimination, inconsistent support for new recruits to the professions ...
16 August 2023
The Royal College of Midwives is warning that vital perinatal mental health support is on the precipice, as it launches a new ‘roadmap’ to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK.
25 August 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland has launched a five-year plan to ensure all midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs) and maternity care assistants (MCAs) feel valued and can deliver the highest standard of care to women and ...