Shrewsbury baby deaths prompt midwife recruitment drive

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Nearly £100m to be spent improving maternity safety in England in wake of Shrewsbury baby deaths scandal

These included ensuring midwives and consultants train together, listening properly to the views of women and their families, and better investigations when things go wrong, with lessons learned across the regional NHS system.

Figures published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council found there had been an increase of 937 midwives in the UK in the six months to September 2020, bringing the total to just under 39,000. "Now we must all work together to use this money to have an impact on direct front-line care as quickly as possible, so that we have the right numbers of staff, with the right training, in the right place."

 

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