By RCM on 06 December 2017
The Brexit Secretary David Davis has been reported as telling the Parliamentary Brexit Committee that he did not think that Brexit will lead to a shortage of staff in the NHS.
By RCM on 01 December 2017
A midwife from Kent is traveling to Bangladesh as a volunteer in a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) project to support midwifery in Bangladesh. Áine Alam is a midwife at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and received a prestigious Fellowship ...
By RCM on 28 November 2017
Responding to comments by Jeremy Hunt on NHS pay reported in the Health Service Journal today Jon Skewes, Director for Policy, Employment Relations and Communications at the Royal College of Midwives, said: “It would appear that the Secretary ...
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 27 November 2017
Leading Royal Colleges call for improvements to reduce avoidable deaths and ensure the best possible care for women and babies
By RCM on 27 November 2017
As leaders of the professional bodies for midwives and obstetricians, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) welcome this refreshed Maternity Safety Strategy and the targets and ...
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 23 November 2017
A new survey of recent mothers and pregnant women found that more than four out of five (84%) said they are getting information on flu* and whooping cough** vaccination from their midwife. Results of the survey by the Royal College of Midwives ...
By RCM on 15 November 2017
A new study published in PLOS Medicine has found that inducing first-time mothers aged 35 and over at 40 weeks could reduce the risk of stillbirth and neonatal deaths when compared to current guidelines which recommend induction of labour between ...
By RCM on 14 November 2017
Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust have become the latest Trust with maternity services to sign up to The Royal College of Midwives (RCMs) Caring for You campaign.
