Summary
This joint report by the APPG on Baby Loss and the APPG on Maternity is a culmination of over 100 submissions to an open call for evidence from staff, service users and organisations, on the maternity staffing crisis. It paints a picture of a service that is at breaking point and staff that are over-worked, burnt out and stressed.
Content
The report looks at the following issues:
- To what extent are maternity services affected by staffing shortages?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on antenatal care?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on labour and birth?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on postnatal care?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on neonatal care?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on the quality and/or safety of bereavement care?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on learning from incidents?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on the morale and wellbeing of maternity staff?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on the training and development of maternity staff?
- What impact are staffing shortages having on the recruitment and retention of maternity staff?
- What measures are necessary to address staffing shortages in the short term?
- What measures are necessary to address staffing shortages in the medium to long term?
Safe Staffing: The impact of staffing shortages in maternity and neonatal care - Report of the Baby Loss and Maternity All Party Parliamentary Groups (13 October 2022)
https://sands.org.uk/sites/default/files/Staffing%20shortages%20-%20APPG%20report,%20Oct%2022%20(final).pdf
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