Midwives rally over ‘unsafe’ conditions and workloads in Queensland’s maternity wards

Midwives rally over ‘unsafe’ conditions and workloads in Queensland’s maternity wards

Union calls for increased funding, warning that lack of staff is jeopardising wellbeing of mothers and babies

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Midwives will march on Queensland parliament on Monday as the powerful nurses union calls for urgent funding to address what they say is an “unsafe” maternity crisis across the state.

Kate Veach, the secretary of the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU), says there are too few staff to guarantee safe conditions for pregnant mothers and newborn babies in the state.

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