12 January 2022
As the media carries more stories of cancelled operations and delays to treatment, politicians and commentators are demanding that something is done. While delays in maternity may be a possibility, finding a coherent national plan for tackling ...
12 January 2022
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 ...
18 January 2022
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 ...
02 March 2022
It’s nearly four weeks since I took up the post of the Director of the RCM in Scotland and I wanted to take the time to share some reflections from my first month. In many ways I feel that I have come full circle, long before becoming a midwife I was the ...
29 April 2022
Chronic staff shortages, unrelenting workloads, extended shifts, missed breaks and poor culture – work-related stress issues can have a scarring effect to overall mental and physical health. It can also seriously affect the quality and ...
29 April 2022
This week I formally took over as the Executive Director for the Trade Union at the RCM. Jon Skewes, who has been a force for building the RCM into a strong and progressive trade union, able to punch above our weight with employers, policy makers ...
05 May 2022
This week I formally took over as the Executive Director for the Trade Union at the RCM. Jon Skewes, who has been a force for building the RCM into a strong and progressive trade union, able to punch above our weight with employers, policy makers ...
10 May 2022
Appropriate fetal monitoring during labour and birth is vital for the health and wellbeing of mother and baby alike. For Monitoring May, midwife and founder of the National Fetal Monitoring network Sarah Blackwell outlines the activities ...
24 June 2022
As the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) strikes continue to capture media and public attention, Google searches for ‘join a union’ rises 184% and public sector workers put the pressure on for a new deal, there is an ...
27 June 2022
The RCM is celebrating National Breastfeeding Week. I would like to start by thanking all the midwives and MSWs for the wonderful support they have continued to provide during the pandemic, finding innovative ways to reach out to mothers, resolve ...