14 June 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on its members to share their experiences of working through the COVID pandemic with the Government’s official inquiry. Its call comes as the Government launches its Every Story Matters listening ...
03 April 2023
The Prince Charles Hospital Maternity Unit in Merthyr Tydfil had a royal treat today with a visit from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
19 April 2023
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says an overhaul of NHS staff parking permit allocations and safe and accessible public transport options is needed to support safer travel to work for NHS staff, the majority of whom are women. The call ...
20 March 2023
Last week we joined fellow RCM colleagues and RCM Chief Executive Gill Walton to attend a landmark celebration at the University of Greenwich. We were there to celebrate graduation of the first three-year midwifery degree apprentices in world, ...
28 February 2024
‘It’s time for RCM members in Northern Ireland to have their say on pay’. That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it launches its pay consultation.
The proposed pay offer announced earlier this week would see the restoration ...
01 March 2024
In a significant win for its members in Scotland the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has announced that its secured agreement and implementation of outstanding non pay elements of the 2023 negotiations.
RCM calls for a reduction in the ...
11 March 2024
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling all its members in England, Scotland and Wales to take part in its snap poll on additional hours worked which launches today.
The RCM wants to know how many unpaid extra hours its members worked ...
23 March 2021
Today the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) led a delegation, including a midwife and a maternity support worker, to give evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) about how 10 years of pay restraint has impacted them and their maternity colleagues ...
10 November 2021
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling all midwives and maternity support workers in Wales to have their say on pay.
In August the Pay Review Body recommended a 3% pay award which has since been applied to RCM members’ salaries. RCM ...
17 May 2024
Findings published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have revealed that during just one week in April midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in Northern Ireland worked 4,300 unpaid hours to keep services running safely.
Three ...