Too Many Women Neglected During Labour

The Daily Telegraph recently reported that more than one in five women are being left alone during labour and birth. This puts both mother and baby at high risk.

The National Childbirth Trust’s poll of more than 1,200 first time mothers revealed that 42 per cent of mothers said that there were not enough midwifes to care for them, compared with 33 per cent when the question was posed in 2000. The Royal College of Midwives have now called for 3,000 more midwives in order to cope with the increased birth rate. However, this does not sit well with recent reports that tens of thousands of NHS jobs are to be cut.