Obstetricians, midwives and obstetric anaesthetists will take part in pilots after damning report by health regulatorNHS maternity staff will take part in a mandatory training programme to improve patient safety after a damning...
Read MoreCQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in...
Read MoreExclusive: head of Royal College of Midwives blames ‘institutional racism’ as black women face greater risk of death and stillbirthFamily accuse hospital of ‘negligence and discrimination’ after death of...
Read MoreChronic workforce shortages have put nursing staff under unbearable pressure, says union chiefNurses in England took an average of a week off sick last year because of stress, anxiety or depression, NHS figures reveal.The...
Read MoreExclusive: New and expectant mothers left to ‘suffer in silence’ as demand outstrips supplyCampaigners have expressed alarm at new analysis showing a sharp increase in new or expectant mothers waiting for mental...
Read MoreLong-awaited plans to plug staff shortages have been met with a cautious welcome from many health leadersIt has been six years in the making, but finally ministers’ big pitch on how to fix the NHS is here in the form of a...
Read MoreIf adopted, shake-up of 1967 Abortion Act would scrap rule that two doctors must approve terminationNurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, MPs have been told, in what would be one of the biggest shake-ups of...
Read MoreMore nurses leave NHS than at any time since Covid struck, many reporting stress as their main reasonMore than 27,000 nurses and midwives quit the NHS last year, with many blaming job pressures, the Covid pandemic and poor...
Read MoreBMA, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives and Unison say pay recommendation ‘fails the test of honesty’The government is under mounting pressure to reconsider its proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff in...
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