Media releases

Media releases

• • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland midwives vote yes to pay offer

on 24 February 2020 Royal College of Midwives (RCM) members in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly to accept the framework agreement negotiated by the RCM and other unions for HSC staff.

Media releases

• • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers

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RCM urges Northern Ireland members to vote yes on positive pay offer

on 30 January 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today begun consulting with its members on a new pay deal. The RCM is urging its members in Northern Ireland to accept the deal brokered by the RCM with the new Stormont government. It finally gives HSC midwives ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Industrial Action
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland

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RCM suspends industrial action ballot following ‘positive’ pay offer - Consultation with affected members to start 20 January

on 17 January 2020 After intense negotiations with the newly-appointed Health Minister, the Royal College of Midwives is to suspend its ballot for industrial action with immediate effect. The outline agreement will see Northern Ireland midwives and maternity ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Industrial Action
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland midwives urged to vote yes in ballot on industrial action starting today

on 06 January 2020 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is urging its members in Northern Ireland to vote yes in a ballot starting today on industrial action. The ballot, which asks midwives and Maternity Support Workers (MSWs) whether they wish to take industrial ...

Media releases

• • Maternity Services
  • Midwives
  • RCM Member
  • Northern Ireland
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Industrial Action
  • NHS
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Health and social care

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Northern Ireland midwives to be balloted on industrial action

By Northern Ireland midwives to be balloted on industrial action on 15 December 2019 Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) working in Northern Ireland are to be balloted by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on industrial action up to and including strike action. The ballot will open on Monday 6 January 2020 and will ...

Media releases

• • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Midwives
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Industrial Action
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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‘RCM to ballot midwives on industrial action over fair pay in Northern Ireland’

By ‘RCM to ballot midwives on industrial action over fair pay in Northern Ireland’ on 15 November 2019 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has announced that they will ballot their members in Northern Ireland over pay. This follows a meeting today where the RCM Board made a unanimous decision to formally ballot midwives and maternity support ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Pregnancy
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

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‘RCM responds to Public Sector Pay policy for 2019/20 in relation to Northern Ireland’

By   ‘RCM responds to Public Sector Pay policy for 2019/20 in relation to Northern Ireland’ on 31 October 2019 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to the announcement today by the Department of Finance on the setting of public sector pay policy for 2019/20. Commenting, Karen Murray RCM’s Director for Northern Ireland said;“It’s disappointing ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Midwives
  • Abortion
  • Northern Ireland
  • RCM Northern Ireland
  • Director For Northern Ireland

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'Midwives comment as abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland’

By ‘RCM and INMO host joint all-Ireland midwife conference in Armagh’ on 18 October 2019 Abortion has been decriminalised Northern Ireland. Legislation making the changes came into force at midnight The government now has until the end of March 2020 to come up with regulations for the provision of abortion services. The ...

Media releases

• • Midwifery
  • Safe high quality care
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Safety
  • INMO - Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
  • Northern Ireland

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‘RCM and INMO host joint all-Ireland midwife conference in Armagh’

By ‘RCM and INMO host joint all-Ireland midwife conference in Armagh’ on 17 October 2019 Midwives from both sides of the Irish border will join together today as the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) All Ireland Annual Midwifery Conference gets underway in Armagh.. In January ...

Media releases

• • Abortion
  • Northern Ireland
  • Director For Northern Ireland
  • Midwifery
  • Safe high quality care
  • Consultations
  • Evidence-Based Practice

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‘RCM providing support to members now guidance on abortion law in Northern Ireland has been published’

By ‘RCM providing support to members now guidance on abortion law in Northern Ireland has been published’ on 04 October 2019 The government has published interim guidance for healthcare professionals on abortion law in Northern Ireland. The new guidelines cover the period from 22 October to 31 March 2020. They set out what will happen following changes to the ...