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• • NHS
  • NHS Wales
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Have your say on NHS Wales pay

24 August 2018 The pay consultation for NHS Wales is still open and RCM members are invited to accept or reject the proposal via a consultation.

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• • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland

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Scotland pay offer accepted

17 August 2018 Midwives and MSW members of the RCM in Scotland have today (17 August) accepted the negotiated proposals for those on the Agenda for Change (AFC) staff pay.

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• • NHS Wales
  • Wales
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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New pay offer announced for NHS staff in Wales

05 July 2018 Health secretary for Wales Vaughan Gething has announced a new pay offer for midwives, MSWs and all other NHS staff in the country.

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• • Midwives Magazine
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • NHS Pay Review Body

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The big story: Counting the cost

07 March 2018 At the time of writing, details of the new pay deal for Agenda for Change staff still hang in the balance, and questions remain around how the government will finance it.

News

• • Northern Ireland
  • Industrial Action
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Northern Ireland midwives vote in favour of industrial action

29 November 2018 Almost 95% of RCM members in Northern Ireland who responded to a consultation about industrial action, including strike action, over pay conditions have voted in favour.

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• • Industrial Action
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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RCM to consult Northern Ireland members on industrial action

15 November 2018 More than a quarter of mums (27%) did not enjoy their maternity leave as much as they thought they would a poll commissioned for The Emma Barnett Show on BBC Radio 5 Live has shown.

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• • TUC
  • NHS
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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RCM shows support at TUC march and rally

17 May 2018 Alongside other trade unions, the RCM took part in the TUC’s ‘a new deal for working people’ march and rally in London on 12 May.

Media releases

• • NHS Staff
  • Midwife Shortage
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Midwives respond to health secretary announcement on NHS staff engagement - Important Government act on what staff tell them says RCM

09 September 2018 Today the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock announced  that health and care staff will be part of a health and social care conversation, as a new national engagement exercise is launched.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Royal College of Midwives Scotland comment on NHS Scotland pay agreement

25 June 2018 Today the Scottish Government has announced the details of an agreement on pay for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change pay scales. This includes midwives, maternity support workers, nurses and a number of other NHS professions.

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• • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Midwife Shortage
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Government’s more midwives plans welcomed but needs investment and time to make work says RCM

24 March 2018 Today the Government has announced a range of measures for England’s maternity services. Commenting on the announcement, Gill Walton, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “This is very long ...