Midwives warn of training crisis after grant cut - The Guardian 27th August 2007

Student midwives are warning that the crisis on maternity wards could worsen unless the Department of Health reverses a decision to scrap a bursary for trainees. The £6,000-a-year non-means-tested grant will no longer be available from 2008 after a decision to end midwifery diplomas in favour of degrees. Degree students are only eligible for the smaller and means-tested bursaries prompting fears that many will be priced out.

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