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• • NHS
  • Secretary of State for Health

Supporting

RCM supports letter to Jeremy Hunt

16 January 2018 The RCM has joined 11 other trade unions in an open letter calling on the health secretary Jeremy Hunt to provide the NHS with emergency funds.

News

• • Maternity Safety Champions
  • NHS

Promoting

RCM voices support for safety champions guide

16 February 2018 A new guide designed to enable and empower the work of maternity safety champions could help to improve services, says the RCM.

News

• • NHS Funding
  • NHS

Influencing

New report shows need for long-term NHS funding solution

25 May 2018 A report on NHS funding reveals the extent to which health spending would need to rise to provide the same level of service it does today in the future.

News

• • NHS
  • Leadership

Influencing

NHS70 women leaders award

11 April 2018 The London Leadership Academy (LLA) is calling for nominations for 70 inspirational women leaders.

RCM Opinion

• • NHS
  • Maternity Services

Promoting

The NHS is changing the way information is shared between women and midwives

10 October 2018 A new standard has been published to support the introduction of digital maternity records that will ensure that record information is consistent and can be shared more easily across healthcare services in England in the future.

RCM Opinion

• • NHS
  • RCN - Royal College of Nursing

Supporting

Public service trade unions and employment relations in a context of crisis

12 July 2018 The cases of NHS nursing and midwifery. In collaboration with RCN and RCM, our study investigates the work, career and union experiences of nurses and midwives in the NHS, the largest employer of women in Europe and one of the most racially/ethnically ...

RCM Opinion

• • NHS
  • Brexit

Influencing

Help us get MPs talking about Brexit and the NHS

19 March 2018 Hard as it may be to believe, in the almost two years since the referendum, MPs have never debated the impact of Brexit on the NHS. With 20,000 EU nurses, 10,000 EU doctors and well over 1,000 EU midwives working just in England’s NHS, this is an issue ...

Media releases

• • NHS
  • Midwife Shortage

Influencing

‘Too many women are still denied choice when it comes to birth options’ says UK’s top midwife.

19 October 2016 The comment came from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), Chief Executive Cathy Warwick in her opening speech to midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) at the RCM annual conference this morning.

Media releases

• • NHS
  • Midwife Shortage

Supporting

NHS on verge of midwife ‘exodus’ - New survey shows midwives leaving due to workload, poor staffing levels and not able to give the best care

17 October 2016 Midwives are leaving the profession and are being driven out by excessive workloads and poor staffing levels according to a new report from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

Media releases

• • Caring For You campaign
  • NHS

Supporting

Midwives respond to announcement of more mental health support for NHS workers

20 February 2019 The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced a package of measures to better support the mental health of NHS workers. Put together by Health Education England (HEE), it includes an offer of rest spaces for on-call staff, a 24/7 support and ...