By RCM on 01 August 2017
Today (Tuesday August 1st) the Government will officially axe bursaries and introduce full tuition fees for midwifery and healthcare courses.
By RCM on 28 July 2017
Maternity services at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have become the latest trust in England to sign up to The Royal College of Midwives (RCMs) health and well being campaign, Caring for You.
By RCM on 27 July 2017
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published a joint Consensus Statement on Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM).
By RCM on 27 July 2017
A report* released today by Audit Scotland has said that Scotland’s government and health boards have failed to plan effectively for long-term staffing challenges.
By RCM on 26 July 2017
The Supreme Court today has ruled that workplace tribunal fees are unlawful. The Government will now have to repay thousands of workers who had paid for cases surrounding discrimination, unfair dismissal and other work place issues.
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.
By RCM on 21 July 2017
A call has gone out from the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland for midwives and mothers from all over Ireland to share their pregnancy and birth memories for the 100th anniversary of the Midwives (Ireland) Act in 2018.
By RCM on 20 July 2017
Today The Point of Care Foundation has published a new briefing - Behind Closed Doors - highlighting that NHS staff have become the shock absorbers of an NHS under chronic strain.
By RCM on 18 July 2017
Today (Wednesday 19th of July) The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has published a new report entitled; Every mother must get the help they need*.
