10 May 2022
On International Day of the Midwife (IDM) the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust announced the Iolanthe Award Winners for 2022, celebrating midwives and student midwives who are leading on innovative work to improve maternity care.
01 June 2022
A new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), published to mark the launch of its Commission on Health and Prosperity, warns that growing health inequalities and ineffective Government policies are resulting in people ...
09 June 2022
On 2 July the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will join the parade at London Pride 2022 and applications are now open for members to march with the RCM and celebrate LGBT+ Pride.
London Pride is the UK’s biggest, most diverse Pride, and one of ...
15 June 2022
A student midwife and RCM member has issued a clarion call launching a petition for funded childcare for student midwives, nurses, and paramedics. Charlotte Woolsey - a midwifery student at Canterbury Christ Church University - started the ...
17 June 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new photography competition for its members to demonstrate a true picture of working in maternity services in the UK. Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) are being asked to capture ...
27 June 2022
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) calls on its members, midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) along with students and general public to support the pay campaign, contact their local MPs and ask them to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) ...
29 June 2022
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its members in Scotland to have their say on their pay as it opens a survey on the Scottish Government’s pay offer to NHS staff.
12 July 2022
The courage, compassion and dedication of over 1.5 million NHS workers including midwives and maternity support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been recognised by Her Majesty The Queen.
Today NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard ...
20 July 2022
The RCM, together with other trade unions in Northern Ireland, has published a statement following yesterday’s pay award announcement in England for midwives and maternity support workers.
The below inflation pay award has been described ...
01 August 2022
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a pay consultation of its members working in the NHS in England and Wales. The College wants to gauge how midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) feel about the pay award and what action ...