According to a study by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), 29.6 per cent of maternity units have seen a fall in their budget and 32.5 per cent have been asked to cut their staffing levels in the past year.
The survey of UK heads of midwifery, which forms part of the RCM’s submission to the NHS Pay Review Body, was released today (16 November) at the RCM Annual Conference in Manchester.
Its findings come against a backdrop of historically high birth rates, with increasingly complex births placing greater demands on services.
The RCM also revealed that more than half of midwives said that the increasing workload is having a negative impact on patient care.
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