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30-Oct-2007, 20:18

New figures show midwife crisis looming

Nearly five-thousand* more midwives will be needed by 2012 - not three thousand as originally calculated - if the Government is to meet its targets for maternity services in England, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The new figure comes as the number of working midwives fails to keep pace with a steadily rising birthrate.

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