Submitting its response to the government’s "listening exercise" on the NHS reforms, the college said it was "puzzled" by proposals to reorganise the NHS.
They claim the biggest barriers to good maternity services are a lack of staff, space and beds, as well as increasing workloads for midwives.
But the NHS reforms do not address these issues, the college claimed. Their response also calls for the emphasis on competition to be removed from the Health Bill, arguing that there is no evidence that such an approach will create better maternity services.
The RCM has "serious concerns about the impact on the standard and quality of maternity care if maternity providers are required to compete against each other and against voluntary and private providers," the response said.
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