The NHS says it’s short of around 2600 midwives with record numbers of births to older mothers putting maternity units under pressure. But what’s the reality? Share your experience with usMidwifery in the UK is under pressure from a unique set of problems. The NHS is short of around 2600 midwives,the workforce is getting older, and record numbers of women in their thirties and forties – who according to a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) report, or require greater care – are having children.final year,the NHS employed more than a thousand midwives in their 60s, more than any other year on record, or those aged 65 or over rose from eight in 2001 to 177 final year.
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Source: theguardian.com