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Country news: Wales
News and updates from RCM Wales by director Helen Rogers (Midwives Summer 2018).RCM Wales calls for more support for women around smoking in pregnancy and obesity at Wales TUC Congress
The importance of public health and the need to invest in it is the focus of a motion from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales at the TUC Wales Conference starting today (Tuesday, 22nd May 2018).Welsh midwife named Mums’ Midwife of the Year at RCM Annual Midwifery Awards
Sarah Spencer, a midwife from the University Hospital of Wales, has been awarded the Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2018. Sarah was nominated by mum Elouise King for the amazing support she provided during Elouise’s surrogacy journey. ...RCM welcomes announcement offer of a pay rise for midwives in Wales
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today welcomed the announcement by Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething on a new pay offer for midwives, maternity support workers and all other NHS staff in Wales.RCM responds to Welsh Government plan for health and social care ‘A Healthier Wales’ report
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to a new report by the Welsh Government entitled; ‘A Healthier Wales: Our Plan for Health and Social Care’.‘More has to be done to improve the provision of perinatal mental health services for women in Wales says RCM’
Today (Thursday, 19th April 2018) the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) has published maps showing that pregnant women and new mums in a quarter of the UK still cannot access lifesaving specialist perinatal mental health services ...RCM Wales welcomes new model of supervision for midwives launched today
A new model of clinical supervision for midwives in Wales was launched today (Friday April 28th) by Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Professor Jean White.
RCM comments on latest Cwm Taf maternity services report
Commenting on the latest progress report on Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board maternity services, Helen Rogers, Director for Wales at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “Maternity staff and senior managers at Cwm Taf Morgannwg are ...
Wales Midwifery Leadership and Development Programme
As with so many other initiatives, the programme went virtual in 2020. Even so, the steering group that runs it was anxious that it would not be successful, and that people might not be able to sign up to it – we were after all in the middle of a pandemic ...