Midwives

Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’
Books

Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’

For Anna Kent, writing was a way of processing the emotional burden of frontline aid work – the lives she saved and the ones she couldn’t.

Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
Maternity crisis

Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis

For every 30 midwives who train in the UK, 29 leave the profession. We spoke with five midwives to learn more about why they think their line of work is facing a staffing shortage.

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