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17/02/2011

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Last broadcast on Thu, 17 Feb 2011, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4.

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Midwives have been in short supply in England for years. Why aren't there enough and what effect is this having on hospitals and pregnant women?

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A shortage of midwives 'led to avoidable baby deaths'

Babies may have died unnecessarily because midwives in understaffed services are failing to spot early warning signals in pregnant women, researchers have said.

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  1. Thu 17 Feb 2011
    20:00

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