‘A perfect storm': why UK midwives are at the end of their tether
2023
27
4-7
midwives ; wage cut ; economic recession ; public service ; budgetary resources ; burnout ; labour shortage ; epidemic disease ; trade union document
Labour market
English
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"The trauma of the pandemic, reduced pay in the context of inflation, and the weight of years of austerity in government health spending. Under these combined pressures, midwives in the UK National Health Service are choosing to leave the occupation entirely – leading to critical shortages in the workforce."
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