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RCM Opinion

• • Midwife Shortage
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Why NHS Pay and the Campaign for more Midwives are Linked

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

• • Midwife Shortage
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Supporting

Extra midwives announcement

06 April 2018 The RCM has welcomed the announcement last week by Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in England, for plans to train an additional 3,000 more midwives over the next four years, starting with an extra 650 student midwives ...

RCM Opinion

• • Midwives Magazine
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Supporting

Unlocking fair pay

25 May 2018 The RCM fought against employer demands in the recent NHS pay framework negotiations in England to reach a settlement it is recommending members accept.

Media releases

• • NHS Scotland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

RCM Scotland comments on NHS pay

11 June 2018 Over the weekend the Scottish Government announced an immediate 3% pay award for all NHS staff on the Agenda for Change pay scale earning up to £80,000. This applies to staff including midwives and nurses.

Media releases

• • NHS Pay Review Body
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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‘Value midwives with fair pay’ says RCM ahead of debate on pay restraint

30 January 2017 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for the NHS Pay Review Body to break the Government’s policy of public sector pay restraint. Following the petition to ‘Scrap the NHS Pay Cap’ this coming Monday (January 30th) MPs will debate pay ...

Media releases

• • NHS Pay Review Body
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Government disregarding hardworking NHS staff says RCM on TUC pay report

18 January 2017 Today the TUC have released a report saying that workers in the public sector including midwives face real pay falls of thousands of pounds by 2020. Commenting on the report, Jon Skewes, Director for Policy, Employment Relations and Communications, ...

Media releases

• • NHS Pay Review Body
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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End public sector pay cap says RCM responding to new statistics

15 March 2017 New analysis from the Resolution Foundation funded by the Nuffield Foundation, shows that a decline has  begun in public sector pay and is set to continue until at least 2019.

Media releases

• • NHS Pay Review Body
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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Remove pay cap for NHS staff says RCM on inflation rise

13 June 2017 Today data published by the Office for National Statistics showed an increase in the Inflation Rate to 2.9%.

Media releases

• • Caring For You campaign
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Influencing

Increasing pressures mean midwives vote with their feet - RCM comments on Point of Care Foundation ‘Behind Closed Doors’ report

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.

Media releases

• • Scotland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Midwives will be ‘aghast’ says RCM on Scottish Conservative senior doctor pay findings

12 July 2017 Research by the Scottish Conservatives published today shows that bonuses were paid to thousands of leading NHS consultants last year, averaging more than £15,000 per head. The statistics – obtained through Freedom of Information – show ...