Thread by @PeoplesMomentum

It has been estimated that 60% of midwives are due to leave their profession next year.

@midwivesmarch are organising a protest outside parliament this Sunday to call for government investment into maternity services.

THIS IS A CRISIS 👇🏽

👶🏽 2021 has seen maternity services become critically unsafe for staff and users.

👶🏿 For every 30 newly qualified midwives, 29 are leaving.

👶🏼 Midwifery skills are being lost and the profession is being eroded.

👶🏾 Maternal death rates in the UK are disproportionate across ethnic groups- highlighting that we have a maternity system that better serves white women than women from Black and Asian ethnic communities.

👶🏻UK breastfeeding rates are drastically low and continue to fall due to lack of skilled support.

👶🏽 Women living in the most deprived areas are almost three times more likely to die than those
who live in the most affluent areas.

👶🏿 Parents are reporting bullying and coercion. Threats are used to ensure compliance.

👶🏼Unnecessary medical interventions are at epidemic levels.

👶🏽 Conversely, concerns are being missed and intervention made too late - much of this due to
staffing problems.

Midwives are demanding:

👩🏽‍⚕️ LISTEN to all staff and service users and their advocates

👩🏻‍⚕️ FUND emergency retention

👩🏿‍⚕️ ENABLE anybody willing to work or train

👩🏼‍⚕️ REDUCE the demands on staff

Join @midwivesmarch this Sunday or tweet your support and tag your MP using #MarchWithMidwives to save the profession, future mothers and a cherished part of our NHS.