NHS gets worse!

[Gladys]

The shortage of Midwives has been broadcast today as another crisis for the NHS. I trained and qualified as one such professional in 1993. On completion of our training which saw 12 newly qualified, fresh and excited new Midwives our hospital became an NHS Hospital Trust. It declined to employ the entire lot at their training pay scale of a top E grade. Instead they offered us 3 month temporary contracts at bottom D.( Starting pay for newly qualified nurses) Then Newly qualified Midwives started on bottom F or should have done. As a result and with no surprise they lost the whole lot who returned to general nursing on their E grade pay scales. I was the only one offered my E grade with work on the Midwifery bank. The bank work dried up and I became another statistic. Why would anyone want to join that brigade when they are so poorly treated and under valued?