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Monitoring May
Appropriate fetal monitoring during labour and birth is vital for the health and wellbeing of mother and baby alike. For Monitoring May, midwife and founder of the National Fetal Monitoring network Sarah Blackwell outlines the activities ...Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
This week I formally took over as the Executive Director for the Trade Union at the RCM. Jon Skewes, who has been a force for building the RCM into a strong and progressive trade union, able to punch above our weight with employers, policy makers ...
Caring for You: Refresh, rejuvenate and reinstate
Chronic staff shortages, unrelenting workloads, extended shifts, missed breaks and poor culture – work-related stress issues can have a scarring effect to overall mental and physical health. It can also seriously affect the quality and ...Standing Together – in Anger not Despair
This week I formally took over as the Executive Director for the Trade Union at the RCM. Jon Skewes, who has been a force for building the RCM into a strong and progressive trade union, able to punch above our weight with employers, policy makers ...How birthplace and outcomes are evolving in England & Wales
The office for National Statistics has released data on birth characteristics in England and Wales last week. The data, which reveals birthing trends and characteristics in 2020,show a promising trend in terms of place of birth and neonatal ...Helping mentees unleash their true potential
Imposter syndrome, discrimination, racism and lack of inclusion in the workplace can be barriers to success for Black and Asian staff and those of mixed heritage. That’s why mentoring is so important to help with career development and the ...
RCM mentoring platform - Thoughts of mentee
My midwifery career began more than 21 years ago when I started working clinically as a staff midwife at a large hospital in the East of England. That hospital is now an even larger teaching hospital with a tertiary level NICU, a busy and demanding ...
Addressing inequity in maternity care outcomes
Dr Mary Ross-Davie, Director for Professional Midwifery at the RCM and Victoria Komolafe, the RCM’s Professional Digital Advisor, look at two recent reports highlighting the huge inequities in outcomes in maternity care in the UK for women ...Being a mentor is more than teaching
Senior Midwifery Advisor at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Jacqui Williams shares what mentorship means to her and her current experience working as a mentor on the new mentoring schemes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic colleagues. ...