Media releases

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • Covid-19
  • BAME
  • Race matters
  • Staffing Levels
  • BME staff
  • NHS Staff
  • NMC - Nursing and Midwifery Council

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RCM says it is time to stop discrimination of BAME NHS staff in its tracks   

on 21 October 2020 We must drive out any discrimination against black, Asian, and other minority ethnic (BAME) midwives and nurses, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), welcoming a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) report.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • Covid-19
  • CQC - Care Quality Commission
  • BAME
  • Race matters
  • Staffing Levels
  • BME staff
  • NHS Staff

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RCM responds to CQC State of Care Report

on 16 October 2020 Most maternity services are delivering safe, high quality care says the Royal College of Midwives responding to the publication of the CQC State of Care report. The CQC report highlighted that 1 in 4 maternity services required improvement ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Safety
  • Government
  • NHS
  • BAME
  • NHS Staff
  • Covid-19
  • BME staff
  • NHS England
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Flexible Working

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RCM welcomes “ambitious” commitments in NHS People Plan

on 30 July 2020 We need to see the ambitious proposals become a reality on the ground say the Royal College of Midwives, welcoming the new NHS People Plan.

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Safety
  • Government
  • NHS
  • Race matters
  • BAME
  • NHS Staff
  • Covid-19
  • BME staff

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We must learn from pandemic to protect BAME staff, says RCM

on 29 July 2020 The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed the start of a major study on the impact of COVID-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic healthcare workers, launched today. The research, which is led by Leicester University, will follow healthcare ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Midwifery
  • Maternity Services
  • Safe high quality care
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Caring For You campaign
  • Race matters
  • BME staff
  • Staffing Levels
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwife Shortage

Influencing

NHS must act now to break the burnout cycle in maternity services

on 16 July 2020 The Royal College of Midwives has called on NHS organisations to break the burnout cycle and support maternity staff better. The call comes following a report from the Society of Occupational Medicine today on the mental health and wellbeing ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • BME staff
  • Pregnancy

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‘Scholarship award for midwife for work preventing deaths in high risk BME pregnant women’

By ‘Scholarship award for midwife for work preventing deaths in high risk BME pregnant women’ on 24 October 2019 A midwife was amongst five outstanding healthcare professionals who where today inducted as scholars into this year’s prestigious Mary Seacole awards This afternoon their work was recognised for being innovative, diverse and will go ...