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RCM calls for pandemic lessons to be learnt
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for lessons to be learned from the pandemic as the country enters the second phase, responding to a report from the Health and Social Care Committee.
Leading Royal Colleges urge the NHS to learn lessons and avoid redeploying maternity staff ahead of second wave
Learning the lessons of the first wave of COVID-19 is vital if we are to ensure the safe delivery of maternity services. These are the recommendations from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives ...
RCM comments on latest Cwm Taf maternity services report
Commenting on the latest progress report on Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board maternity services, Helen Rogers, Director for Wales at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said: “Maternity staff and senior managers at Cwm Taf Morgannwg are ...
Value NHS staff and award early and significant pay rise says RCM
Welcoming the report from the NHS Confederation on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NHS staff, Jon Skewes, Executive Director for External Relations at the Royal College of Midwives, said: “Yet another report highlights the incredible ...
RCM calls for dramatic changes in midwives’ working conditions and workplace wellbeing
The Royal College of Midwives has today welcomed a report from the King’s Fund which calls for minimum standards to improve working conditions for midwives and nurses, and to address exhaustion and burnout in both professions. The report sets ...
Targeted intervention to reduce severe tearing in childbirth ‘promising’, studies reveal
Two new evaluation papers exploring the impact of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ and Royal College of Midwives’ OASI Care Bundle have been published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ...Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal visits Croydon maternity services
Patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal met midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs) and other maternity staff at Croydon University Hospital this week (Tuesday 15 September) in South London.
Midwives fear women could feel stigmatised if mandatory alcohol screening introduced at every antenatal appointment
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has today responded to NICE quality standard proposals to include mandatory screening for alcohol at every antenatal appointment. Such measures have already been repeatedly rejected by the UK Screening ...
RCM calls for an early and significant pay rise for midwives, MSWs and all NHS staff at TUC Congress
‘Give midwives and maternity support workers the early and significant pay rise we deserve.’ That’s the message from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) to TUC Congress 2020 as the trade union continues to push forward talks to secure a pay rise ...