02 March 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland has expressed their disappointment with the Cabinet Secretary after a letter on NHS pay was sent last week without any prior discussion with Trade union representatives.
The letter contained ...
04 March 2021
The pace of change for race equality in the NHS must be swifter, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) responding to the Workface Race Equality Standard (WRES) report published today. The report shows that there has been inconsistent positive ...
02 December 2021
Polygamy is not something we see an awful lot of in Britain. The vast majority of the population marries just one person at a time. When we hear of people marrying more than once without getting divorced, its newsworthy because it’s rare … and illegal! ...
01 December 2021
When we think of a forced marriage, we often visualise a fragile female, chained and dragged behind a much older man towards the altar. Whilst this may be a helpful visualisation of the force, coercion and control involved, the reality that so ...
17 November 2021
Just over a year ago the RCM launched its Job Evaluation Toolkit and quite rightly job evaluation and pay banding was a real focus of MSW week 2020. Fast forward 12 months and you will see it is just as important to RCM members today. We will keep supporting ...
10 November 2021
A maternity support worker (MSW) from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has won a national award for her work supporting bereaved parents. Candice Noonan received the WaterWipes Midwives Maternity Support Worker of ...
02 February 2022
In December, Sport England launched its first campaign directed at healthcare professionals. Supported by organisations including the Royall College of Midwives, Royal College of General Practitioners the This Girl Can campaign encourages ...
07 February 2022
Something deeply concerning is happening to the midwifery workforce in England’s NHS, and it is not something we have seen before. For the first time since records began, the number of midwives is falling year-on-year.
19 June 2022
Becoming a father is the biggest physical and emotional challenge most men will ever experience. It can be the making of us – and how we respond to it can also be transformational for our children, and our children’s mothers.
30 March 2020
Midwives and MSWs at the top of the pay band the increase is from the pay uplift effective 1 April 2020. In England and Wales for bands 2 to 8c this increase is 1.67%. For staff at the top of bands 8d and 9 the basic pay increase will be capped at the level ...