Some hospitals are suspending supplies of gas and air, after it was found to pose health risks to midwives. What can be done to ensure pregnant women still get the help they need?
in Entonox provision after recording high levels in its maternity unit by installing machines to extract the gas.
Leah Hazard is an NHS midwife in Scotland, an activist and the author of Womb: The Inside Story. She has been approached by several midwives in recent weeks about the impact high Entonox levels at work may have had on them, she says: “There’s a genuine feeling of frustration, anger and fear because some of the midwives have had real issues with their health and fertility – and, in some cases, B12 deficiency. They are looking back and feeling really quite angry about it.
The Royal College of Midwives has also argued that the current crisis reflects a lack of what Dr Suzanne Tyler, executive director for services to members, called “proper investment” in maternity services, which have long suffered from chronic understaffing and creaking old buildings. “This issue has arisen because of poor ventilation in delivery suites and labour wards – but this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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