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NHS employers are failing staff on menopause support says the RCM calling for urgent improvements
Support from employers for maternity staff going through the menopause is ‘appallingly neglected’ and urgent improvements are needed says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The call comes as the RCM publishes guidance today for maternity ...
More flexible working vital to stop staff flight from NHS says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for more flexible working in the NHS to boost retention of midwives, maternity support workers (MSW) and other staff. This comes in an RCM motion to the TUC Congress today. Staff are leaving the NHS ...
Supporting activists to reach more members in RCM pay ballot
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is using the power of peer-to-peer communication to enable its workplace reps and pay activists to engage members in the upcoming England and Wales pay ballot opening on 11 November.
Maternity underfunding means care based on what trusts can afford not on women’s safety and needs says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling out the Government’s record on maternity funding which leaves some NHS trusts and boards basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs. Delivering the safest ...Midwives rally to the cause and demand better for workers in mass London protest
London will be alive to the sound of midwives and maternity support workers (MSW) tomorrow as members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) join thousands of other workers in a mass TUC rally in London.Much more work needed to improve Muslim women’s experience of maternity care says RCM
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today reaffirmed its position that discrimination has no place in maternity care as it responds to a new report on Muslim women’s experience of maternity care. The research undertaken by the All-Party ...
More dismay for RCM members in Wales as pay award announced
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales has said its members will be ‘disappointed and angered’ by today’s pay announcement from the Welsh Government. Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in Wales have been awarded just £1,400 ...
England birth rate rise: 10,000 reasons why investment in maternity services is urgently needed says RCM
As new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a significant rise in births in England, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has renewed its call for greater investment in maternity services and staff.
RCM calls for investment in maternity services as midwife numbers fall in every English region
Midwife numbers have fallen in every English region leading the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) to repeat its call for more investment in maternity services to ensure the safety and quality of care.