particularly across parts of northern scotland. but for most of us, thankfully, it is going to be another dry day. still plenty of flood warnings out, but they re starting to reduce in number now. so high pressure driving our weather at the moment. quite a few isobars in the south. this is where we ve got the breeziest conditions. breeze coming in from the east or north east for southern england and wales too. still some wintry showers down towards the channel islands into the afternoon. also some snow flurries for the likes of dartmoor, for instance, as well. one or two light showers could come out of this cloud across north east england and eastern scotland, but most places dry. plenty of sunshine for central parts of england, wales, northern ireland. temperatures only three to six degrees on the thermometer, but add on the wind chill and it s going to feel typically about minus two or minus three, especially towards southern england and the channel islands. into this evening and ove
and northern ireland the average midwife shoreditch is 19 and wales it is 50. scotland doesn t record workforce gaps in the same way. there is a plan and progress to train and hire more midwives. another worry, though, is keeping more experienced staff. i recently thought i have to get out. i can t stay in this environment any more. hannah williams worked as a midwife in a different part of the country. but she felt like she was feeling all the time. at 35, she quit the job she used to love. the reason i left his i decided i could not be wanting those providing unsafe care for people. if you do not have enough midwives to care for the number of people that are requiring your care, then the safetyjust goes. i may have just about preserved safety, butjust preserving safety shouldn t be enough in the nhs. i am optimistic for the future
baby xenia left hospital a day after she was born and now she s settling into life with mum and dad nicole and michael. when she was born, i was just so happy. the best feeling ever. catherine burns, bbc news. hello. it s another cold, wintry day out there today. we ve got some icy stretches around, some fog patches that are going to linger all day, particularly across parts of northern scotland. but for most of us, thankfully, it is going to be another dry day. still plenty of flood warnings out, but they re starting to reduce in number now. so high pressure driving our weather at the moment. quite a few isobars in the south. this is where we ve got the breeziest conditions. breeze coming in from the east or north east for southern england and wales too. still some wintry showers down towards the channel islands into the afternoon. also some snow flurries for the likes of dartmoor, for instance, as well. one or two light showers could come out of this cloud across north east england a
to care for the number of people that are requiring your care, then the safetyjust goes. i may have just about preserved safety, butjust preserving safety shouldn t be enough in the nhs. i am optimistic for the future because we re doing. as england s chief midwifery officer, it s part of kate brentwood s job to keep midwives in the role. things already are improving. we ve got 700 more midwives imposed. we ve seen sickness rates going down, our retention rates are improving. staff are starting to feel and report to us through our frontline conversations with leaders in services that things are feeling better. baby xenia left hospital a day after she was born. and now she s settling into life with mum and dad, nicole and michael. when she was born, i was just so happy. the best feeling ever. catherine burns, bbc news. in washington, a court
because i decided i couldn t be one of those providing unsafe care for people. if you do not have enough midwives to care for the number of people that are requiring your care, then the safetyjust goes. i may have just about preserved safety, butjust preserving safety shouldn t be enough in the nhs. i am optimistic for the future. as england s chief midwifery 0fficer, it s part of kate brintworth s job to keep midwives in the role. things already are improving. we ve got 700 more midwives in post. we ve seen sickness rates going down, our retention rates are improving. staff are starting to feel and report to us through our front line conversations with leaders in services that things are feeling better. the department of health says it s invested £165 million a year to improve maternity and neonatal care, and that will soon go up to 186 million. hello, little xenia.