02 April 2016 02 Apr 2016

Clinicians in the classroom: The consultant midwife

Safer Childbirth: Minimum Standards for the Organisation and Delivery of Care in Labour (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists et al, 2007) recommended the recruitment of at least one consultant midwife per 900 births in order to provide adequate clinical leadership However, despite this recommendation, in many individual organisations the numbers of consultant midwives remain small