So happy to see all the #MarchWithMidwives stuff on all my social media. I'm proud of all the midwives, students, mothers and children standing up for midwives and their NHS. It takes a lot of courage and passion to do so. I will be fighting with you all soon enough ☺️
@HollyLynch5 Thank you so much for your support and for taking the points of our campaign forward to the health secretary. You are absolutely right, midwives, parents, families, whole generations of infants who will become the adults of the future, deserve better.
After speaking to Midwives at the #MarchWithMidwives on Sunday I’ve written to the Health Secretary to raise their campaign with him directly. Mums, families and staff deserve better.
The pandemic has exposed the fragility of #maternity services. Our priorities to solve this are clear:
✔️Recruitment and retention
✔️Flexible working
✔️Pausing Continuity targets
✔️Health & wellbeing of staff
✔️Supporting #NQMs and #students
@Humanisingbirth@midwivesmarch Quite the best Lesley. I wonder if we should start a new campaign similar to ‘when did you last wash your hands?’ This time it should be ‘when did you last take a break or feel listened to’… ✊
A double paged spread in @MidwivesRCM magazine re the current situation in midwifery & maternity services and what the RCM are doing about it … which is quite lot!! A good issue & appreciate the detail re what is being done on our behalf 🙌 #MarchWithMidwives
30% of maternity service users rate their experience as traumatic. 30,000 people a year suffer birth trauma in the UK. We support the midwives marching today calling for urgent government action to address the crisis in maternity services. @midwivesmarch#MarchWithMidwives
Maternity services need to be properly resourced to guarantee the rights respecting care everyone deserves. We #MarchwithMidwives today- great to see so many coming together to do the same. @midwivesmarch
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