Welcome to the RCM’s website page for the RCM President election. You will find here information about the role and responsibilities of the RCM President as well as advice on what to do if you want to offer yourself for election.
09 March 2020
Early discussions within the FFYF identified that forum members had experienced differing levels of support as newly qualified midwives (NQMs) and varying expectations of skill and abilities between Health Boards. This resulted in many ...
11 December 2018
This report sets out our findings from 2011 - 2015 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests about the numbers of midwives in London facing disciplinary proceedings by ethnicity. Our original report revealed that a disproportionate number of ...
01 January 2023
This handbook has been produced by the Royal College of Midwives as a user friendly guide to support Branch Officers, Workplace Representatives and Maternity Support Worker Advocates with the smooth running of their local Branch.
01 November 2018
The RCM supports the vision for maternity services set out in The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland. The RCM is clear and consistent that translating this vision into reality requires sufficient ...
11 December 2018
It is very important that RCM workplace representatives are aware of the Equality Act 2010 and its contents. This can help them support and protect our members in the workplace and make sure they are not discriminated against
01 April 2017
This Evaluation Report provides both a quantitative and qualitative summary of the Labour Ward Leadership pilot programme that was delivered between October and December 2016
01 June 2017
The MDT teams undertook a quality improvement initiative around safety, as part of the Labour ward leaders' 'working together for safe care' workshops. This poster booklet shares some of the initiatives and good practice from the teams on ...
01 August 2018
For midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) particularly those working in the community this requires them to be working alone and often late at night. Lone workers are defined as those working in any situation or location without a colleague ...