Clare Livingstone

Who Clare Livingstone is

Clare Livingstone is Head of Professional Policy and Practice at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), the UK's only professional organisation and trade union for midwives. She has previously been listed on the RCM's staff page under the title Professional Advisor, Policy and Public Health. She is a regular public voice on maternity policy, having given evidence to the House of Commons inquiry on Black maternal health in June 2025 and spoken at a UK Health Security Agency national webinar on maternal vaccinations in January 2026. She has advocated publicly for mandatory midwifery training on unconscious bias and cultural competency, for equity in perinatal mental health provision, and for workforce capacity to support vaccination programmes in pregnancy.

References for this biography

1. 1.Clare Livingstone – Royal College of Midwives staff page — Confirms her employment at the RCM under the title Professional Advisor, Policy and Public Health
2. 2.RCM gives evidence to inquiry on Black maternal health — Confirms title 'Head of Policy and Practice' and her evidence to the House of Commons Black maternal health inquiry, June 2025
3. 3.Midwives' trusted role is vital to improving vaccine uptake in pregnancy, RCM tells national webinar — Confirms title 'Head of Professional Policy and Practice' and her appearance at the UKHSA maternal vaccinations webinar, January 2026
4. 4.Royal College of Midwives backs Parliamentary Bill pushing for better perinatal mental health care — Confirms title and her public advocacy on perinatal mental health, October 2025
5. 5.Urgent action needed to address inequalities in maternity outcomes for Black women says RCM — Confirms title and her public statements on Black maternal health inequalities, September 2025
6. 6.Protecting infants from respiratory syncytial virus – House of Lords Library — Third-party (parliamentary) citation of Clare Livingstone as RCM professional advisor on RSV vaccination challenges
7. 7.Royal College of Midwives – Companies House — Confirms RCM registered office address as 10-18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ

Notable achievements

• Gave evidence to the House of Commons inquiry on Black maternal health on behalf of the RCM in June 2025, calling for mandatory training on unconscious bias and cultural competency for all midwives. Source ↗
• Represented the RCM at a UK Health Security Agency national webinar on maternal vaccinations (January 2026), setting out the role midwives play in supporting informed vaccine decisions in pregnancy. Source ↗
• Cited in the House of Lords Library briefing on RSV protection for infants (2025) for highlighting challenges maternity services face in implementing new vaccination programmes. Source ↗
• Backed the Perinatal Mental Health Assessments Bill ('Sophie's Law') publicly on behalf of the RCM in October 2025, calling for an end to the postcode lottery in perinatal mental health care. Source ↗

What Clare Livingstone has said

• “The recommendations in this report must be acted upon urgently and everyone in maternity services must work together to tackle these shocking disparities. It should not be the case that these inequalities exist in England today.”

  head of policy and practice at the Royal College of Midwives · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Systemic racism affects maternity care for black women in England, say MPs ↗

• “This is an absolute tragedy for women, babies and the midwives and maternity support workers who care for them. Many are avoidable and the lack of progress over more than a decade is unacceptable.”

  head of professional policy and practice at the RCM · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Maternal death rate in UK rose by 20% over 14 years despite Tory pledge ↗

• “Incomplete data is a fundamental barrier to improving maternity care. Without a full picture of what is happening before, during and after birth, it is much harder to identify where action is needed and these figures point to a significant gap in NHS maternity data.”

  head of professional policy and practice at the Royal College of Midwives · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Risk of serious birth injuries is rising for women in England, data suggests ↗

Where Clare Livingstone has been quoted

1. ‘Alarming’ data reveals high diabetes risk for pregnant women in English jailstheguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026
2. Systemic racism affects maternity care for black women in England, say MPstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
3. Maternal death rate in UK rose by 20% over 14 years despite Tory pledgetheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
4. Risk of serious birth injuries is rising for women in England, data suggeststheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://rcm.org.uk/team/clare-livingstone/
• LinkedInhttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/clare-livingstone-44246453

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