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Media releases

• • RCM
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RCM calls for dramatic changes in midwives’ working conditions and workplace wellbeing

By RCM calls for dramatic changes in midwives’ working conditions and workplace wellbeing on 23 September 2020 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 ...

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• • RCM
  • NHS England
  • Maternity Services
  • Race matters
  • Wellbeing Of Women
  • Safety
  • TUC
  • Specialist Midwives
  • BAME

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RCM calls on Government to improve maternity care for black and Asian women 

on 14 September 2020 Maternity care must be made safer for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) women, says a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) motion at the TUC Congress today. Highlighting that black pregnant women are eight times more likely ...

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• • RCM
  • Safety
  • Government
  • NHS
  • Race matters
  • BAME
  • NHS Staff
  • Covid-19
  • BME staff

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We must learn from pandemic to protect BAME staff, says RCM

on 29 July 2020 The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed the start of a major study on the impact of COVID-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic healthcare workers, launched today. The research, which is led by Leicester University, will follow healthcare ...

Media releases

• • RCM
  • Midwifery
  • Maternity Services
  • Safe high quality care
  • MSWs - Maternity Support Workers
  • Caring For You campaign
  • Race matters
  • BME staff
  • Staffing Levels
  • NHS Staff
  • Midwife Shortage

Influencing

NHS must act now to break the burnout cycle in maternity services

on 16 July 2020 The Royal College of Midwives has called on NHS organisations to break the burnout cycle and support maternity staff better. The call comes following a report from the Society of Occupational Medicine today on the mental health and wellbeing ...