Another article detailing just how important it is that more midwives are recruited in the UK!
Please please please sign the RCM Petition to recruit more midwives.
It only has five more days to gain 100,000 signatures, and is currently stuck on just short of 69,000.
Signal boost!
Every day I go on shift at the hospital I see midwives struggling to provide care that is acceptable, never mind exceptional.
It’s not because they don’t try, or because they can’t be bothered.
It’s because they have 10 women to look after when they should have 5.
It’s because a midwife called in sick, and the hospital don’t have enough staff to replace her for the day.
It’s because newly qualified midwives who can provide the extra workforce are being turned away due to lack of jobs/funding.
It’s because the government aren’t doing all they can.
We’re not asking for more midwives than we need. We just want to end the shortage.
