Media releases

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Bursaries and Scholarships
  • Midwife Shortage

Promoting

RCM Scotland welcomes increase in student midwife bursary announced today

on 09 October 2018 Today the First Minister of Scotland has announced an increase in bursaries for student midwives and nurses.

Media releases

• • Scotland
  • RCM Scotland
  • Scottish Government
  • Midwives
  • Newly Qualified Midwives

Promoting

‘Positive step for maternity services in Scotland says RCM on introduction of experienced professional practice advisors’

on 09 October 2018 The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) welcomes the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for health at the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference yesterday with regard to the introduction of experienced professional practice advisors.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change
  • Midwives
  • Scotland

Influencing

RCM members in Scotland accept Government NHS pay offer

By RCM on 17 August 2018 Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland (RCM) accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change staff pay.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Breastfeeding
  • Scottish Government
  • Midwives
  • Scotland

Influencing

RCM welcomes investment by Scottish Government to help mothers breastfeed for longer

By RCM on 30 July 2018 The Scottish Government have today pledged to help support mothers in Scotland to breastfeed for longer through a £2 million pound investment programme.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Midwives
  • Great Tapestry Of Scotland
  • Scotland

New Great Tapestry of Scotland panel created by the RCM unveiled at exhibition in Scotland

By RCM on 26 June 2018 A new tapestry panel created by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has been exhibited for the first time at the New Lanark World Heritage site in Scotland.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • NHS Scotland
  • Pay and Agenda For Change

Royal College of Midwives Scotland comment on NHS Scotland pay agreement

By RCM on 25 June 2018 Today the Scottish Government has announced the details of an agreement on pay for NHS staff on the Agenda for Change pay scales. This includes midwives, maternity support workers, nurses and a number of other NHS professions.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Public Health
  • Midwives

Promoting

Call The Midwife - RCM Scotland launches publication showcasing varied role of midwives

By RCM on 23 May 2018 A new publication published today (Thursday, 24th May) by the Royal College of Midwives in Scotland highlights the breadth of roles of Scottish midwives. The publication - Midwifery in Scotland – into the 2020s - shows politicians, policy ...

Media releases

• • Midwives
  • RCM Scotland
  • NHS Lanarkshire
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Scotland

Royal recognition for NHS Lanarkshire as The Princess Royal visits maternity unit at Wishaw

By RCM on 04 May 2018 Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) at University Hospital Wishaw (NHS Lanarkshire) this week received royal recognition for their work as Her Royal Highness (HRH) The Princess Royal visited their award winning maternity service.

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Infant Feeding
  • Public Health

Influencing

Still work to be done says RCM Scotland on new Scottish maternal and infant nutrition report

By RCM on 21 February 2018 Today the Scottish Government has published the 2017 Scottish Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey report. Commenting on the report Mary Ross-Davie, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Director for Scotland, said: “The RCM welcomes this report, ...

Media releases

• • RCM Scotland
  • Scottish Government
  • Student midwives
  • Midwifery Training Places

Supporting

RCM welcomes Scottish Government announcement on increasing student midwife training places

By RCM on 31 January 2018 The number of student midwives and nurses entering Scottish Government funded degree programmes will increase by 10.8% in 2018/19. The increase will mean a recommended intake of 3,724, up from 3,360 in 2017/18.