University Hospital, Coventry, had more than 100 applications for the 20 new posts, including enquiries from mainland Europe.
While a recent study released by the baby charity Bliss found that across the country midwife posts are being slashed and there are fears of further cuts.
One of the recruits to the hospital in Coventry is 22-year-old newly qualified midwife Manvir Nahan, from Wolverhampton.
She said she is ‘delighted to be able to provide the best care for women and their babies’ at such an important time in their lives.
She added: ‘As a large teaching hospital I will support the wide variety of patients that you only get to care for in specialist centres.’
The e-petition for more midwives, which was set up by Cathy Warwick, the RCM’s chief executive, currently has just under 15,200 signatures.
It calls for 5000 new midwives in England to make up for the current shortfall.
The petition demands ‘urgent action’ from the Department of Health and needs to reach 100,000 signatures to be debated by MPs.
It can be signed until
22 August 2012 and is on the government’s
e-petition website.
