From BBC Health today, but BBC Scotland focusing on Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of three babies in North Lanarkshire and avoiding its use as context: A former midwife has told the BBC she quit because she could not live with herself if she provided poor care. Hannah Williams says staff shortages meant she kept patients safe, but sometimes only “by the skin of her teeth”. We did a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to 106 trusts with maternity units. We asked how many full-time midwife posts they were budgeted to have in the summer of 2023 – … Continue reading Midwife shortages in Scotland between only two-thirds and a tenth of those in other parts of the UK