Shortage of doctors and midwives putting lives at risk – report Lack of trained obstetricians is worrying, experts say, because of high risk of serious complications during and after birth.
Childbirth experts have warned that mothers’ and babies’ lives in Britain are being put at risk after an NHS inquiry into its maternity services uncovered serious shortages of doctors and midwives in maternity units.
Almost nine out of 10 (88%) units are struggling to recruit enough middle-grade doctors to ensure proper staffing levels, according to an unprecedented in-depth NHS audit of childbirth services across Britain. The Guardian
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