Royal College of Midwives condemns ‘wasteful’ practice, saying trusts should employ more full-time midwives Figures reveal “wasteful” NHS trusts acquire spent more than £17m on agency midwives in one year – enough to employ 511 full-time staff.
The figures – obtained by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) through freedom of information requests – cover a three-year period and are published in a new report.
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Source: theguardian.com