Midwifery
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Midwives at St George’s hospital in London say outcomes are better for women giving birth in midwife-led centres and at home
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NHS guidance from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence suggests 45% of births ‘unsuitable’ for labour wards
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Hundreds of thousands of health workers, including midwives and psychiatric staff, will take action
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Midwives, nurses, ambulance crews and other NHS workers got in touch to share their images of a Monday morning spent striking over pay
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400,000 health service staff in England, including midwives, nurses and ambulance crew, stage first walkout in 32 years
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Ambulance workers, nurses and other NHS staff join midwives on strike around country to protest after 1% pay rise was blocked
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Suzanne Moore: First thoughts: This arrogant government has ignored the advice of an independent pay review and that’s why workers are striking. They need a living wage
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Pam Ward: We’ve had to take hit after hit to our pay, but the failure to award a 1% rise was the last straw. We have to make the government listen
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As 450,000 National Health Service employees prepare for a week of industrial action, a survey reveals that one in five have had to take on a second job just to make ends meet
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Zara Aziz: It’s the little things that will help my patients: whoever wins next year’s election could start by recruiting more district nurses
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Industrial action together with other NHS staff is first in Royal College of Midwives’ 133-year history
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Unions set to announce four-hour strike and other actions amid anger over Jeremy Hunt’s denial of 1% pay rise
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Women less likely to have seen doctors and have higher chance of hospital admissions and unplanned caesarean deliveries
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A dire shortage of skilled nurses and lack of life-saving equipment are putting maternal mortality goal out of reach. Syriacus Buguzi reports
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Survey by the Royal College of Midwives and the Netmums website raises fresh concern about NHS postnatal care
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Nursing and Midwifery Council to introduce new registration system this autumn
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Cheryl Fisher, a member of Hillingdon hospital's home birth team, describes a typical working day
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Unison and Royal College of Midwives say they will ballot members after government rejected 1% recommended rise
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Letters: The issue is about people who are dying and in great pain being given the legal right to ask for assistance to die as quickly as possible
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Unison, GMB and Unite ballot hundreds of thousands of workers in England and Wales in protest at offer worth 1% for most staff
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Union recommends industrial action after health secretary rejects proposal – despite it being approved by George Osborne
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There has been a backlash to NHS advice that low-risk second time mothers should have their babies at home, but it's the best value option
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Government health advisers say more mothers-to-be should opt for home births when deciding where to have their baby
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Lynsey Hanley: David Richmond recognises why women are having babies later – they want to take control of their lives
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No point in warning women to have children by age of 35 as they are making conscious decision, says David Richmond
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'Legitimate to ask' whether number of staff is contributing to death of 300 babies a year, says Dr David Richmond
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Shortages are so acute in some parts of England that hospitals have almost one in five posts in their maternity units unfilled
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Other lives: Teacher of midwives who enhanced the profession in the UK and Africa
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The draft bill's publication goes some way towards the regulatory transformation that we need but it is not there yet, says Jackie Smith
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Only a quarter of respondents remembered receiving advice on spotting conditions that could kill them or their baby
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Juliet Stevenson: To put an end to horror stories such as that of asylum seeker Josephine, the government must support all pregnant woman
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CPS intends to charge Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena and another man in relation to procedure performed at Whittington hospital
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Maternal health expert says midwives and obstetricians now fear prosecution if they repair damage after childbirth the wrong way
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Dame Julie Mellor says trust's lack of honesty hurt bereaved family of Joshua Titcombe after baby's death aged nine days
The panel Should pregnant women be encouraged to shun hospital labour wards?