RCM Opinion

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Preceptorship
  • Student midwives
  • Newly Qualified Midwives

Supporting

A warm welcome

By Nerys Kirtley on 25 May 2018 Nerys Kirtley describes the ‘Prep for practice’ project implemented to support the transition of student midwives to NQMs and enhance the preceptorship programme.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Maternity Leave

Influencing

Share the joy

on 25 May 2018 A new campaign promotes shared parental leave rights so parents have the flexibility to combine work with family life.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine

Influencing

Breaking down barriers

By Sue Brailey on 25 May 2018 Sue Brailey explains why how we address each other within the interdisciplinary team has a large impact on how a team communicates and works together.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Maternity Transformation
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC

Promoting

Creating continuity

By Juliette Astrup on 25 May 2018 Providing continuity of carer is perhaps one of the most challenging principles of maternity transformation. Juliette Astrup looks at how some of the early adopters are putting it into practice.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Midwife Shortage

Supporting

Editorial: Reasons to be cheerful

By Jon Skewes on 25 May 2018 No, not the Ian Dury song, but NHS pay and more midwives.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Research
  • OASI - Obstetric anal sphincter injuries

Promoting

PhD research: Subsequent birth after obstetric anal sphincter injury

By Sara Webb on 25 May 2018 A specialist perineal midwife on her doctoral study.

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Research

Influencing

Research: Healthcare professionals' knowledge and attitudes to self-hypnosis

By Sara Webb on 25 May 2018 What's happening in the world of midwifery research? A lead author summarises their work.

RCM Opinion

• • Pay and Agenda For Change

Supporting

The Pay Consultation - A statement from Gill Walton

By Gill Walton on 23 May 2018 Please do vote in our NHS pay consultation which is open until 31 May, we really value your voice. Inflation figures for April 2018 have been published at 2.4% and are forecast to keep going down, therefore for the first time in years your pay could ...

RCM Opinion

• • Midwife Shortage
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Supporting

Why NHS Pay and the Campaign for more Midwives are Linked

By Jon Skewes, Director for Policy, Employment Relations and Communications on 04 May 2018 We have seen real progress begin on both the RCMs Fair Pay Overdue and shortage of midwives and resources campaigns. Both speak to the root causes of the pressures on members.

RCM Opinion

• • Pay and Agenda For Change

Supporting

The Pay Consultation - A View from Julie Richards and Natalie Linder

By Julie Richards and Natalie Linder on 02 May 2018 Following the negotiations with employers since December 2017 to come up with a Framework agreement combining both pay and structural reform of Agenda for Change, here is what the Chair and Vice Chair of the RCM Board had to say about the pay consultation.