By RCM on 28 November 2017
Gill Walton, General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “ Along with other NHS unions the RCM has been talking about the pressing need for a pay rise for NHS staff to make up for years of pay freezes and stagnation.
By RCM on 24 November 2017
In Wednesday's Budget the Chancellor pledged to fund the recommendations on NHS pay that the NHS Pay Review Body will make for midwives and other NHS staff and also committed additional funds for the NHS in England.
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 04 October 2017
Today (3rd October 2017) Jeremy Hunt gave a speech at the Conservative party Conference in which he pledged to create additional training posts for student nurses and more flexible working for NHS staff.
By Julie Griffiths on 28 September 2017
There is overwhelming public support for removing the government’s cap on NHS pay according to survey results released today (28 September) by 14 NHS unions.
By RCM on 18 September 2017
Pay remains top of the agenda for The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) at its Activists Conference which takes place in Leeds today.
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 05 September 2017
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed this afternoon that the 1% cap on public sector pay rises in Scotland will be scrapped from next year.
By RCM on 25 July 2017
New figures have revealed today that the average midwifery and nursing role advertised in the NHS is only drawing three applications.
