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Scotland’s midwives under growing pressure as vacancies rise and complex pregnancies increase
Scotland is seeing increasing obesity levels and age of mothers in pregnancy and a big rise in midwifery vacancies. This means demands on Scottish maternity services are increasing says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Scotland in a new ...Chair of the Maternity Transformation Programme says not enough midwives
Yesterday (22nd March) Sarah-Jane Marsh, chair of the Maternity Transformation Programme, NHS England, speaking at the Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar in London, said; ‘We simply do not have enough midwives for the job we are trying ...Improving picture but still much to be done says RCM on NMC new midwife statistics
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published new statistics on the number of nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK. The number of midwives registered to work in the UK continues to rise – with the last five years seeing a modest year ...
‘Eliminate the midwifery shortage’
‘Too little attention has been given to retaining midwives and nurses in the NHS,’ states a new report.
Rise in EU midwives and nurses leaving UK
The latest figures from the NMC show that the number of EU midwives and nurses leaving the register has increased by 29%.Fought off regional pay and will fight again says RCM on Government regional pay reports
Media reports today suggest that the Government may consider adopting regional pay, with public sector workers in different regions possibly being differently than their colleagues in other regions.