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    FUNDING CUTS PUT MOTHERS AND BABIES AT RISK. MIDWIVES NEED SUPPORT NOW

    Dec 13, 2021 3 minutes
    Dr Jenny Hall

    We are coming up to Christmas.

    Whatever your beliefs, this festival is based on the birth of a child, one who had quite a future ahead of him. In The Big Issue of November 22, John Bird’s words “Let’s not dance around the need to plan for the future” struck a chord with me.

    Having been a registered midwife for more than 30 years, I see my profession as bound up with considering the future.

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