By Alice Sorby, Employment Relations Advisor on 04 January 2019
Last week the results of the 2018 England NHS staff survey were published. There is so much information in the survey that I won't attempt to address everything in one blog. Instead I want to focus on an area of real concern, the health and wellbeing ...
By Gill Walton on 10 December 2018
This is my last day in Uganda, my first visit to Africa. My head is filled with thoughts and reflections -in a jumbled noisy way just like the street markets and the Kampala traffic!
By Joy Kemp on 13 September 2018
I'm back in Dhaka (Bangladesh), five weeks after my last visit in July, to help facilitate the first ever online election of executive officers for the Bangladesh Midwifery Society which is twinned with the Royal College of Midwives.
By Joy Kemp on 31 July 2018
The RCM has been engaged in midwifery twinning in various countries since 2012 but only started the Bangladesh Twinning Project in July 2017.
By Carmel Moran on 06 April 2018
Through our global midwifery projects we have been lucky enough to meet many dedicated and inspirational midwives across Nepal, Cambodia, Uganda, Malawi and Bangladesh, and representing them today we want to introduce Sangita.
By Carmel Moran on 22 March 2018
Last week I returned from a short trip to visit the RCM’s twin, the Bangladesh Midwifery Society (BMS). This is an update on the Bangladesh Twinning Project.
By Isabelle Lemberger-Cooper on 21 March 2018
Isabelle Lemberger–Cooper is a research midwife from Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, an RCM Steward, and is currently undertaking a volunteer placement as part of the RCM / Bangladesh Midwifery Society Twinning Project.
By Joy Kemp on 08 March 2018
On this International Women’s Day we celebrate the work that many of our RCM members are engaged in. On a recent trip to Uganda, our global team caught up with Diane Lockhart, a midwife and RCM member from Northern Ireland, working in a Kampala ...
By Jon Skewes, Executive Director for External Relations
Following queries on the Wuhan novel coronavirus, we would like to share the following information from Public Health England (PHE) to update all our members with both clinical guidance and public information to share among staff and women.