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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/survey-maternity-units-facing-cuts.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Maternity units are facing cuts despite dealing with a rising birthrate, a survey suggests" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-survey-maternity-units-facing-cuts.jpg" alt="Maternity units are facing cuts despite dealing with a rising birthrate, a survey suggests"/></a></p>
<p>Maternity units are facing cuts despite dealing with a high birthrate and more complex births, a survey has shown.</p>
<p>Some 30% of the most senior midwives said their units have seen a fall in their budget in the past year while 33% have been asked to cut staffing levels.</p>
<p>The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) surveyed 83 out of 194 heads of midwifery across the UK at the start of its annual conference in Manchester.</p>
<p>Two-thirds (67%) of those questioned said they did not have enough staff to cope with demand, despite a high birthrate.</p>
<p>The number of live births in England rose by 107,314 (19%) between 2001 and 2009 to more than 670,000 a year.</p>
<p>But the number of NHS midwives rose by just over 2,000 (full-time equivalent posts) over the same period, a rise of 12%.</p>
<p>Almost half (47%) of the heads of midwifery surveyed said they expected to be told to cut their staffing levels over the next year.</p>
<p>This is despite more complex births involving obese pregnant women and older or teenage women, who often need extra support and can have more complicated deliveries.</p>
<p>Almost all parts of England have vacancies for midwives over the generally accepted vacancy rate of 3%, said the RCM.</p>
<p>London has a vacancy rate over 15% and it stands at more than 8% in the east of England.</p>
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