NHS midwives leaving 'horrific' understaffed hospitals to work in abortion clinics

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NHS midwives leaving 'horrific' understaffed hospitals to work in abortion clinics
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A service running more than 40 abortion clinics said many of the former midwives who have joined were struggling to cope due to ⤵️ 🔺 Poor pay and working conditions 🔺 Feeling they can no longer provide safe care 🔴 Exclusive PMGallagher1

, this week called on staff who came forward as part of the initial inquiry to do so again. Sources said that more than 1,500 cases are now being investigated, following the 1,486 families examined during a maternity review led by Ms Ockenden in Shrewsbury.

after inspectors found women and babies were not receiving the standards of care that “they have a right to expect”. The hospital has been served a warning notice to the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, which means it is legally required to make improvements. Its survey of directors and heads of midwifery, which forms part of the College’s evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body for 2023/2024, found chronic workforce shortages and challenges with maternity services often only functioning safely because of staff working long and additional hours, often unpaid. Nearly three out of every four senior midwives said they were finding it either difficult or very difficult to recruit to vacancies in their units, with one in every three finding it very difficult.

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