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HMG to recruit more midwives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7259392.stm

Possibly they'd have been better off trying to ensure our midwives hadn't got so fed up with the appalling conditions here that they'd emigrated to places like Australia, New Zealand and the US in droves. My sister in law is doing just that with her police officer husband in a just few months.

Anyway it's great that we had those 24 hours to save the NHS wasn't it .....

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Originally Posted by BBC

The Royal College of Midwives estimate that 5,000 extra full-time midwives are needed in England alone to cope with spiralling birth rates.

The 4,000 proposed by the government is equivalent to 3,400 full-time posts, as some will work part-time.

So 5,000 asked for. 3,400 given but announced as 4,000. Maybe all the creative accounting the MP's do for their expenses is having an effect on official figures. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by BBC

Alan Johnson said the extra midwives would come from Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£330m additional funding already announced for maternity services.

Ah the old trick of announcing the same thing several times so it looks like it's a whole raft of changes instead of just one.

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 34495120)

Anyway it's great that we had those 24 hours to save the NHS wasn't it .....

As well as Education, Education, Education. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime, and a bunch of other sound bites.

The amount of skilled people emigrating the UK is truly shocking and for every 1 that escapes there are far more wanting to follow them. Funnily enough it's the same reasons every time yet nothing is done about it.

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Originally Posted by Derek S (Post 34495308)

The amount of skilled people emigrating the UK is truly shocking and for every 1 that escapes there are far more wanting to follow them. Funnily enough it's the same reasons every time yet nothing is done about it.

:walk::wavey:

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Originally Posted by Derek S (Post 34495308)

Well they'll be the folk who'll never vote for New/Old/NearlyNew/SameOldLabour again so Brown is probably clapping his hands with glee at the prospect......

Meanwhile he and Blair opened the door to masses of people who may well in time want to return that favour with their votes.

Anyone remember the Westminster jerrymandering scandal?............

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 34497354)

Anyone remember the Westminster jerrymandering scandal?............

do you mean that well respected captain of industry dame shirley porter?

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