By RCM on 27 April 2022
Showing that partnership is the key to success the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) jointly hosted Their Royal Highnesses The Princess Royal and The Duchess of Cambridge for ...
By RCM on 04 April 2022
Inverurie’s Community Maternity Unit (ICMU) was treated to a Royal visit at the weekend from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Patron, HRH The Princess Royal.
The Princess Royal toured the unit meeting midwives, healthcare support workers ...
on 01 April 2022
It may be April Fool’s Day, but the undervaluing of the midwifery workforce by this Government is no joke. So says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as official workforce figures show the number of midwives has fallen yet again. On top of this, ...
on 24 March 2022
A national maternity lead for equality at NHS England and NHS Improvement has been awarded an RCM Fellowship. Wendy Yewande Olayiwola OBE, who was listed in the 2020 WHO/UN global list of 100 outstanding women as a midwife leader, is also a Professional ...
on 24 March 2022
A professor who leads and champions research on maternal and infant health at Sheffield Hallam University has been honoured with an RCM Fellowship.
Hora Soltani research focuses on care models to reduce health inequalities for mothers ...
By RCM on 24 March 2022
A midwife from Manchester who has dedicated her career to addressing health inequalities in maternity services and committed herself to improving services not only for women, but for her colleagues has been awarded an RCM Fellowship.
Benash ...
By RCM on 24 March 2022
A welcome injection of funding, but ‘the devil is in the detail’ that’s the verdict from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it welcomes the announcement of a funding boost for maternity services in England.
Today a total of £127 million ...
By RCM on 11 March 2022
The Government must fix the worsening staffing shortages in maternity services to protect the safety of care. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in a motion to the TUC Women’s Conference today.
By RCM on 02 March 2022
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today (2nd March) officially unveiled the helipad at Oxford Road Campus (ORC). She also visited maternity services at Saint Mary’s Hospital, both part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust ...
By RCM on 02 March 2022
Mandatory vaccination for NHS staff is a policy that should never have seen the light of day, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). This comes as the Government announced that the legal requirement for health and social care staff to be vaccinated ...