Media releases

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Maternity Services
  • RCM CEO
  • NHS England
  • England
  • NHS
  • BAME
  • Safe high quality care
  • Safety
  • Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Midwifery Continuity of Carer - MCOC

Influencing

RCM calls for ‘swift implementation’ of NHS England action plan to support BAME pregnant women

By RCM calls for ‘swift implementation’ of NHS England action plan to support BAME pregnant women on 21 June 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today called for swift implementation of an action plan announced by NHS England to provide additional support for Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) pregnant women.

Media releases

• • NHS England
  • England
  • NHS
  • NHS Staff
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • MSW Week
  • MSW advocates
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Influencing

‘Improvements needed in NHS job evaluation for Maternity Support Workers’ says RCM

By ‘Improvements needed in NHS job evaluation for Maternity Support Workers’ says RCM on 29 November 2019 This week the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is celebrating and highlighting the role of maternity support workers (MSWs) in NHS maternity services. As part of the focus on MSWs and the work that they do the RCM has today published results ...

Media releases

• • NHS England
  • England
  • NHS
  • NHS Staff
  • NHS Funding
  • Midwives
  • Midwife Shortage
  • The Health Foundation
  • Staffing Levels

Influencing

Not good enough says RCM on midwife numbers in Health Foundation report

By Not good enough says RCM on midwife numbers in Health Foundation report on 28 November 2019 Today the Health Foundation has published a report on the NHS Workforce. The reports shows how different NHS staff groups have grown in the past year. Midwives have grown in number by the smallest of any group.

Media releases

• • England
  • Public Health
  • The Lancet
  • Study
  • Child Mortality
  • Sweden

Influencing

‘Study highlights the pressing need to invest in public health’ says RCM on new Lancet study

By RCM on 03 May 2018 A new study published today by The Lancet  which compares child mortality in England and Sweden – two high-income countries with similar levels of economic development and universal healthcare seeks  to understand factors driving higher ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Child Mortality
  • Stillbirth
  • Report
  • England
  • Wales
  • Maternity Services
  • ONS Report
  • Infant Mortality

Influencing

RCM responds to infant mortality report released today by ONS

By RCM on 14 March 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to a new report on infant mortality published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Media releases

• • Labour Party
  • Research
  • Maternity Unit Closures
  • Midwife Shortage
  • RCM
  • England
  • Women
  • Safety

Influencing

‘Understaffing causes closures’ says RCM on new Labour Party research

By RCM on 07 August 2017 Research published today (Tuesday August 8th) by the Labour party has further revealed the extent of the staffing crisis affecting England’s maternity services.

Media releases

• • Midwife Shortage
  • England

Supporting

New report sees ‘gathering storm’ threatening safety of NHS maternity services

By RCM on 14 March 2017 A ‘gathering storm’ of forces is threatening the safety, quality and sustainability of maternity services in England. The claim comes in a new report from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that shows the forces driving up demand and increasing ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • State of Maternity Services Report
  • Maternity Services
  • NHS
  • Midwives
  • Women
  • Student midwives
  • England
  • Midwife Shortage

Influencing

'Act now to avert growing crisis in our maternity services’ says RCM as it launches its latest report

By RCM on 06 February 2017 NHS maternity services are “reaching crisis point” according to a new report published today by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), with England short of 3,500 midwives.