Where my academic colleagues have required TU support the local RCM stewards have been more than supportive due to having Honorary Contracts with Trust providers. 

Maybe if the RCM were to consider their conferences reflected ALL aspects of the multi/faceted roles of “the practising midwife”, ALL members would then feel included. 

Sorry for coming in late on this discussion...

There is also an issue which I repeatedly see in that midwives are sometimes only seen as being 'practising' midwives if they practise clinically. With the new #futuremidwife vision coming in to play, it is quite clear that practising midwives don't just catch babies. As I am sure you all know, future midwifery careers will encourage practising midwives to enjoy roles in commissioning, consultancy, education, research management, policy, inspection, quality assurance as well as direct patient care.

I have been a practising midwife in academia without a HoM for some time now. It seems that some areas are slow to catch up with this reality in the midwifery profession. I hope the world can catch up soon as this is an area I feel most passionately about. To move this thinking forward, I wrote the following article in the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/oh-baby-seven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-midwives-77128

Well done everyone for such a productive and respectful discussion on this matter. I am sure the best is yet to come.

Sally

 

On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 16:00, Macfarlane, Alison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

There are two separate issues here. Universities don't recognise RCM and other professional unions for trades union purposes. In response to this, UCU offers a reduced rate joint membership with relevant health and other unions.
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/2273/Can-I-be-a-member-of-more-than-one-union.

On the other hand, this debate is about RCM's professional role and the extent to which midwife researchers are involved in multidisciplinary research in collaboration with members of other professions.

Alison

-----Original Message-----
From: Trixie McAree <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 15 May 2019 07:46
To: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. <[log in to unmask]>; Macfarlane, Alison <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: Call for Abstracts for RCM Conference 2019 - Deadline 10 May!

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and believe the content to be safe.


You have to be an RCM member - they ask for your membership number.
I was advised to leave the RCM when I moved over to academia but I stayed as 50% of my job is clinical. It seems like it needs a bit more thought.
Trixie

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research.

---

To unsubscribe from the MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH list, click the following link:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MIDWIFERY-RESEARCH&A=1