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Thursday, 18 February 2021, 6:57 am
The significant shortage in the number of midwives in
Capital and Coast DHB is having a severe impact on the
midwives employed there.
MERAS, the
midwives’ union, says there may have been as many as 17
resignations in the last three months from CCDHB and this
has led to pressure on the remaining midwives to deliver the
standard of care that both the midwives and women and their
babies can expect.
MERAS Co-leader Jill Ovens says,
“As every midwife leaves, the stress levels go up,
midwives who are stretched to the limit feel they cannot do
their best, and more midwives move on. It becomes a vicious
Press Release – MERAS The significant shortage in the number of midwives in Capital and Coast DHB is having a severe impact on the midwives employed there. MERAS , the midwives union, says there may have been as many as 17 resignations in the last three months from CCDHB …
The significant shortage in the number of midwives in Capital and Coast DHB is having a severe impact on the midwives employed there.
MERAS, the midwives’ union, says there may have been as many as 17 resignations in the last three months from CCDHB and this has led to pressure on the remaining midwives to deliver the standard of care that both the midwives and women and their babies can expect.