The Royal College of Midwives says investment is needed to ensure the safety and quality of care.
"Plummeting" midwife numbers risk the health of staff, mothers and babies, their trade union has warned.
RCM executive director Dr Suzanne Tyler said midwives and maternity support workers were "buckling with the sheer weight of demands on them".Dr Tyler said services were "remaining safe simply because of the sheer effort and dedication" of maternity staff. A separate poll of NHS staff in June showed pay was also a major factor in staff loss, the union said."The falls across the regions are compounding the difficulties employers are facing to recruit and keep their midwives," she said.
"The government must pull its head out of the sand and address urgently the crisis in our maternity services and wider NHS," she said.
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