With the general election seven months away, Labour pledged it would introduce better maternity services for expectant mothers and more apprenticeships for young people at its annual conference in Manchester last week.
As part of plans to invest £2.5bn reinvigorating the NHS, Labour leader Ed Miliband said that if elected, it would recruit an additional 36,000 staff, made up of 3,000 midwives, 5,000 care workers, 8,000 GPs and 20,000 nurses by 2020.
But, should the party triumph at the polls next May, what difference will it make for parents and their children?
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) welcomed the announcement but pointed to the fact that the additional 3,000 midwives will only just about cover the current shortage in numbers.
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