Ministers urged to guarantee NHS jobs for new midwives amid understaffing | Midwifery
By: Harriet Sherwood | Published: 2025-07-20 05:00:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
A student midwife who fears she will be unable to get a job after completing 2,300 hours of unpaid placement work in the NHS is calling for guaranteed posts for newly qualified midwives who otherwise will be forced to abandon the profession before their careers begin.
Aimee Peach, 43, is due to complete her training next summer, but says the promise of a job at the end of her three-year degree course has “collapsed”, despite severe shortages of midwives across the country.
“It is a waste of talent, training and public money, and the consequences will be felt by families across the country,” she said.
“There are so many of us that just want to work as midwives after three years of gruelling training, but we’re having to face the fact that, after all this, there may be only a…
