midwives

Falling midwife numbers in South West amid warning of a possible further decade of UK shortages

Despite midwife numbers increasing faster than births, it will be at least another decade before England has enough midwives, according to new figures from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The RCM estimates that currently, England is short of 5,000 midwives*.

The RCM looked at changes in the number of births and midwife numbers since the 2010 election and projected these forward...