Becoming a midwife is rewarding, but the journey to qualification is demanding. Student midwives must balance academic study with emotionally intense clinical placements, financial pressures, family responsibilities and, increasingly, uncertainty about employment after graduation. In...

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Following the Ockenden and Kirkup reports, the AMOS review has once again exposed the deep-rooted problems facing maternity and neonatal services in England. As the Government’s new Maternity and Neonatal Task Force begins considering how...