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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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by BBC
Alan Johnson said the extra midwives would come from £330m additional funding already announced for maternity services.
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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
Anyway it's great that we had those 24 hours to save the NHS wasn't it .....
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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.