15 December 2020
Putting themselves front and centre in the efforts to make the UK the safest and best place to give birth, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) are proposing a bold and ambitious ...
15 December 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) today has called on NHS Trusts in England to exercise common sense when considering whether to increase attendance of supporters and visitors at maternity services. The call comes as NHS England publishes ...
16 December 2020
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today called for more investment and support for midwifery educators, as a new survey revealed less than a quarter (24%) felt there were enough staff in their educational organisation to enable them to ...
11 January 2021
Football pundit Gary Lineker, comedian Jo Brand and Hollywood star David Oyelowo are among celebrities backing a fair pay campaign launched today (Monday) by health unions.
To mark International Thank You Day, the 14 unions are urging ...
12 January 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has welcomed an announcement by Patient Safety Minister Nadine Dorries that a programme of funding for maternity leadership training will be rolled out later this year.
The £500,000 fund for training ...
19 March 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says urgent action is needed to stamp out racism in the NHS in a motion to the TUC Black Workers conference starting today. It calls for an open and inclusive NHS in which everyone feels that they belong and says ...
16 March 2021
A Welsh midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her inspiring midwifery work. Grace Thomas is a Reader in Midwifery at Cardiff University and she received her award at the RCM’s virtual Education Conference ...
16 March 2021
A Bucks midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her inspiring midwifery work. Sally Pezaro is a Lecturer and Associate Researcher at Coventry University and received the award at the RCM’s virtual ...
16 March 2021
A South London midwife has received a prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Fellowship for her inspiring midwifery work. Carmel Lloyd, Head of Education and Learning at the RCM received the award at the RCM’s virtual Education Conference ...
11 March 2021
Small improvements are not enough to address the deep-seated problems blighting the NHS maternity workforce – and won’t be enough to keep some in the profession. That was the verdict today of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on the latest ...