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ARM’s Proposals for Change : A New Era in Maternity Care
Midwifery Matters, Tell Your MP! Maternity services are in crisis. Midwives are demoralised and women are fearful. There is currently little evidence from the new Labour government that they are prioritising maternity service issues. ARM has a series of proposals that...
Response to the Independent Culture Review of the NMC
To Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Response to the Independent Culture Review of the Nursing & Midwifery Council carried out by Rise Associates (Review Chair Nazir Afzal OBE) July 2024 The Association of Radical Midwives welcomes...
ARM Response to Birth Trauma Report
The APPG Birth Trauma report arose out of MP Theo Clarke’s concern that she was not alone in her experience of traumatic childbirth. It is based primarily on women’s voices and is all the richer for it.
#Saynotobullyinginmidwifery Report
The report is the child of the #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery Facebook Group founded by ARM member Amanda Burleigh in 2017. The writing of the report was a collaborative effort by a number of midwives, most of them ARM members, from the firsthand accounts of midwives and...
‘Women on the Wall’ at Glasgow Women’s Library – an update on progress
In March, ARM decided to support the Glasgow Women’s Library, the holders of the ARM archive, and honour Mary Cronk at the same time (see news 7th March 2022). Here is the latest update from Sue John the Director of Operations, Resources and Enterprise at the Glasgow...
RCM response to the ARM Open Letter & the ARM reply
Open Letter to the Board and CEO of the Royal College of Midwives 25 March 2022 We the undersigned seek the resignation of the RCM board and the CEO, with processes to elect a new board and CEO to be commenced as soon as possible; we await your early response. Since...
Open Letter to the Board and CEO of the Royal College of Midwives
We the undersigned seek the resignation of the RCM board and the CEO, with processes to elect a new board and CEO to be commenced as soon as possible; we await your early response. Since the publication of the Kirkup Report and more recently the Interim Ockenden...
Women on the Wall – Mary Cronk
Mary Cronk and Lynn Genevieve Glasgow Women’s Library is the only accredited museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, archive collections and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities....
ARM National Meeting: Building Bridges & Steering Group Meeting
12 March 2022 Hosted by Sara Merritt The programme 9.30 Registration 9.50 Welcome and introductions 10.00 Seen and Heard: a report/reflection on the MWM from Maddie McMahon 11.30 Getting the message across: A mediator shares ways to communicate across divides 13.00...
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