Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 3:24 pm
The following can be attributed to the College of
Midwives Chief Executive, Alison Eddy:
The College
continues to be concerned about the issues related to the
significant midwifery staffing shortage at the
CCDHB.
The College acknowledges that the CCDHB has
been working hard to resolve these staffing concerns, and
that it supports and values its midwifery workforce.
However, the current acute short staffing is indicative of a
wider national midwifery workforce shortage, related to
general under -valuing of women’s health, and
specifically, under-resourcing within midwifery; from the
undergraduate education programme through to the midwifery
workforce.
We know that midwifery leaders at DHBs