Abstract
Midwifery and nursing are facing the most acute shortages in staffing ever. It is estimated that there are currently 13000 vacancies in the UK. The Royal College of Midwives estimated that there were about 1000 midwife vacancies in the UK in 1998. This is a significant problem given that there are only 32803 practising midwives (out of 93776 registered), and especially because a recent survey indicated that significant numbers of heads of midwifery felt that the funded midwifery establishment for their trust was not adequate anyway. The shortage is most acute in the Thames Regions (Royal College of Midwives, 1998).
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