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RCM and Turning the Tide group wins NHS Race Equality Award
The Turning the Tide Oversight Group, in collaboration with the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) took home the NHS Race Equality Award at this year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards for promoting equity in career development for Black, ...
National honour for London midwife tackling inequality and supporting South Asian community
A London midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her work supporting South Asian women and midwives, and her efforts to tackle inequality in maternity care. Nafiza Anwar is a Lead Maternal Medicine ...
RCM calls for re-doubling of efforts to end racism in the NHS
Safe and high-quality maternity care is the right of all women but for too many this is not the case because of the colour of their skin says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The RCM statement comes as a report into racial injustice and human ...
Black midwives working in England – our history and our future
Researcher Felitta Burney-Nicol is conducting an important study to ensure Black midwifery voices are captured, especially Black midwifery leaders, to show Black contribution to the history of the NHS for the next generation. But she needs ...Worth the wait
Following the release of the long-awaited NHS Workforce Plan for England, RCM Head of Health and Social Policy Sean O’Sullivan shares what this will mean for practice, what we hope and what the RCM and other healthcare unions have been driving.
Celebrating our sisters
Under this year’s theme for Black History and Culture Month - Celebrating our sisters, Saluting our sisters and Honouring matriarchs of movements – the RCM’s Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Jayne Bekoe salutes Black women and Black ...RCM Wales celebrates Black History and Culture Month
As Black History and Culture Month comes to an end, RCM Director for Wales, Julie Richards and RCM Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Jayne Bekoe reflect on the events and collaborative working that contribute to the RCM’s strategy ...
Welsh student midwives drive race agenda forward with Welsh Government
Student midwives from Cardiff University, supported by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), last week met with Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething to call for greater action on race equality. Among the students’ proposals was an ask for ...
A midwife championing equality in maternity services recognised with RCM Fellowship
A national maternity lead for equality at NHS England and NHS Improvement has been awarded an RCM Fellowship. Wendy Yewande Olayiwola OBE, who was listed in the 2020 WHO/UN global list of 100 outstanding women as a midwife leader, is also a Professional ...