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[babybore]

It's really strange that there is a national shortage of midwives. I know the shortage is always worse in urban areas but when I worked at King's College London, applicants were clamouring to get on the midwifery course - they never had a problem getting all their students places filled. This was only 2 years ago. Is the government not comissioning enough places or what?

Sorry meant to post this in previos thread........

Well they are not going to do the job unless someone pays them for it are they.

What do you mean? Surely they would have researched salary expectations before untertaking the degree course.

What I meant was they can train as many as they like but unless the hospitals are RECRUITING there will not BE any more midwives on duty.

When I was turned away from my local hospital in labour, they told me it was because they couldn't recruit enough midwives.

this happens in a lot of professions - training is offered by the university/college/wherever, they take the students money and then when they finish the course they find out there actually aren't any jobs. only ones happy are the course providers