14 December 2023
The highest stillbirth rates continue to impact black and Asian women and those
living in the most deprived communities where social inequalities are entrenched. That’s according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) as it responds to ...
19 December 2023
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) across Northern Ireland are set to take to the picket lines again in the New Year. The announcement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) comes as there has been no progress towards a fair and meaningful ...
25 January 2023
RCM Director for Wales Julie Richards shares dates of action including strike action and action short of strike for midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) working in the NHS, along with supporting resources, answers to frequently ...
30 January 2023
With hindsight, I can appreciate the value research has on my professional development and my clinical practice. I started my master’s programme with King’s College London with the aim of furthering my knowledge in public health and this is ...
14 February 2023
Almost seven million workers in the UK belong to trades unions and together we stand for something very simple: making the working lives of our members better. For the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) that means working to ensure every midwife, ...
23 February 2023
Seven maternity units across England in three-and-a-half days – tertiary units, mid-sized units, relatively new builds and some real vintage estates. Everywhere I went, midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) continue to put women ...
02 March 2023
I do enjoy this time of the year. Signs of spring start to show and the small and often overlooked snowdrops are the first to burst through not giving a hoot, with resistance against the bleak Scottish winter and hope for better and brighter days. ...
28 February 2023
I first became interested in research after undertaking an MSc in Public Health and doing a piece of qualitative research looking at the effect of becoming a fistula advocate on women with obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone.
08 March 2023
RCM delegates at this week’s TUC Women’s Conference have called on our sister unions to back a campaign to ensure that maternity workforce planning is based on the needs of women, babies and families and that this should be reinforced with a national ...
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, ...
