Mothers and babies are being put at risk in NHS hospitals

THIS IS LONDON: Shocking figures show mothers and babies are at risk due to chronic shortage of midwives

Risk: Lack of midwives mean new mothers and babies face greater dangers

Mothers and babies are being put at risk in NHS hospitals because midwives are so overstretched, shocking new figures show.

Midwives are being forced to oversee more births than they were six years ago, meaning they can not give women the support they need to ensure they stay safe.

In some parts of the country midwives are in charge of 25 per cent more births as they were in 2001, according to the official figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats.

The average midwife is now overseeing 33 births a year - well in excess of the guidelines which state they should deal with no more than 28 births.

SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE SUCKS.