Record numbers of women giving birth in 30s and 40s require greater care but NHS already 2,600 midwives short and workforce is getting older, report finds
The NHS is short of around 2,600 midwives as record numbers of births to older mothers put maternity units under pressure, according to the Royal College of Midwives.
The number of babies born in England and Wales to women in their thirties and forties was up 6,859 in 2014, according to the state of maternity services report 2015 from the (RCM).
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