Hundreds joined marches in Gloucestershire to protest against a 'staffing and safety crisis'.
Thousands of people joined vigils across the country to highlight problems in maternity services.
Midwives and parents joined marches in Stroud and Gloucester, to protest against a "staffing and safety crisis".shows more than half of staff are considering leaving the profession."We need urgent change to ensure the right quality of care for the people of this country," Sharon Newman said.Dozens of March with Midwives vigils have been held nationwide to highlight issues with staffing and working conditions.
"Midwives are being driven out of the NHS by understaffing and fears they can't deliver safe care to women in the current system," the RCM said. The survey also found the highest level of dissatisfaction was among midwives who had worked for the NHS for five years or less.Midwife Paige, from Gloucester, said: "At the moment, we are providing the best care we can, to the best level we can.Image caption,A spokesperson for The Department of Health and Social Care, said: "We value the hard work of midwives and are committed to supporting them.
"We are investing 127 million pounds into NHS maternity services to boost the workforce and improve neo-natal care."
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