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RCMMore than ninety percent of final year midwifery students are struggling to find a job, a new survey published today by the Royal College of Midwives reveals. The survey also showed that 58 percent of midwifery students were concerned about getting a job. The survey comes as the midwifery profession is moving into a new era as an all graduate profession. The Head of the RCM in Wales Helen Rogers said: "Midwifery in Wales has been an all graduate profession for some time now. However, the RCM is aware that student midwives are under considerable financial pressure. We are also aware that newly qualified midwives are finding it much more difficult to find jobs."
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