By RCM on 27 October 2017
NHS spending on midwifery agency, bank staff and overtime in the UK has reached over £97 million in 2016 says a report published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
By RCM on 27 October 2017
The NHS should not employ doulas and they should be directly commissioned by women, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a new position statement on doulas published today.
By RCM on 17 October 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Labour Ward Leaders programme ‘working together for safer care’ has been shortlisted for a Health Service Journal (HSJ) award.
By RCM on 16 October 2017
New analysis by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that midwives will be thousands of pounds worse off a year by 2022 despite the Government scrapping the public sector pay cap.
By RCM on 10 October 2017
Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the NHS pay cap has been “scrapped”, but has yet to reveal whether or not midwives and other NHS staff will get pay awards to match rising inflation.
By RCM on 15 September 2017
NHS unions are today (Friday) breaking with tradition and submitting a pay claim directly to the government on behalf of more than one million health workers across the UK.
By RCM on 07 September 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called on the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to issue clear guidance on abortion referrals for midwives and other healthcare professionals.
By RCM on 04 September 2017
Today (4th September) the charity PANDAS has published a survey about the problems midwives and health visitor’s face when dealing with pre and postnatal mental illnesses.
By RCM on 04 September 2017
Gill Walton from today (Monday September 4th) takes the reins as leader of the UK’s only professional association and trade union for midwives, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
By RCM on 29 August 2017
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today (Tuesday August 29th) begun to highlight an upcoming series of short animated films on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across social media.
