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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Athena Stavrou

Midwives call for limits on ‘dangerously long’ working hours putting mothers and babies at risk

‘No other profession is expected to stay awake, give care and concentrate for that long,’ says one midwife - (AFP/Getty)

When Jo* became a midwife, it was because she had long dreamed of working with women to improve their healthcare and rights.

But she, like countless others in the profession, now fears that the “dangerously long shifts” she is sometimes forced to work are putting the safety of her and her patients at risk.

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