Why are newly qualified midwives struggling to find jobs?
More than ninety per cent of final year midwifery students are struggling to find a job, according to a survey by The Royal College of Midwives. This comes at a time when birth rates are rising and the Government has announced measures to recruit extra midwives. Jane talks to Helen O’Brien, who qualified more than two years ago but still hasn’t been able to find a post as a midwife. They are joined by Louise Silverton, Deputy General Secretary of the RCM and Alastair Henderson of NHS Employers - which represents NHS Trusts on workforce issues - to discuss how this situation has come about, and what can be done to rectify it.
