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Petition: 5000 more midwives in England!!!

Discussion in 'General Midwifery Discussion' started by Holisticmidwife, Aug 22, 2011.

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  1. Holisticmidwife Active Member

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    Hi all,

    Was just reading some articles on the rcm website and came across a governmental petition to increase the number of midwives in the UK:

    Please read below!

    Taken directly from:http://www.rcm.org.uk/midwives/news/petition-for-more-midwives/

    An online petition has been set-up calling on the government to recruit 5000 more full-time midwives in England.


    It has been lodged by RCM general secretary Cathy Warwick and calls for ‘urgent action’ from the Department of Health.

    It states that more babies were born in England in 2010 than in any year since 1972, while births to women aged 30 or older were at their highest since 1946.

    It continues: ‘The NHS is desperately short of midwives, and the shortage affects every region of England.

    ‘We need urgent action from the government, including a target to recruit the equivalent of 5000 more full-time midwives.

    ‘Care for women but especially babies at the very start of life should be shielded from the cuts.’

    http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/13716?http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/13716

    HM

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    signed and shared all over facebook! :D
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    :) Thnx guys... Me too!

    HM

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    signed but can't get it to 'share' - will keep trying!
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