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Is the quality of maternity care related to the number of midwives and their workload?

Paul
Globally it is known there is a shortage of midwives. From time to time there is also a freeze on jobs being advertised for midwives across the UK due to funding issues. But what impact does this have? Dr Lesley Turner, midwifery lecturer at the University of Southampton and team,......