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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I suspect that anyone who's had to deal with childbirth in this country would say: "duh".

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For those not having to deal with that, because of being a foreigner, why is that?

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's a bit of a long read, but this was our experience.

TL;DR: The NHS has doubled down on midwifery, which has resulted in two classes of care:

  • Battle-hardened nurses who switched to maternity
  • People with little formal education, who think that "hypnobirthing" and nice music is a reasonable replacement for actual medicine.

It's a roll of the dice as to which one you get.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

There are no national minimum academic entry requirements for entry into pre-registration midwifery degrees.

Holy shit. That's que bad. Thanks for the write-up!