the national childbirth trust talking about findings from a recent survey that half of the women in thewomen in the survey received clinically unsafe ca re survey received clinically unsafe care because of staffing shortages. how can you respond to that? my understanding of what the assessment is, is as soon as we have had the nice staffing guidelines we have been clearer than before when we we re been clearer than before when we were not able to meet the safe, optimal guidelines we set for the units. a red flag essentially means that a director of nursing or midwifery has sight of the fact there is a serious issue within a unit, which is a positive, because previously we didn't know if we were having a red flag event or not, and people were able to respond accordingly, and by and large they are safe places. that isn't a position we want to be in in the long—term, which is why challenging ourselves going forward, having the right staff is absolutely critical it is also the reason why while the national figures are reasonable, there are local scenarios as well, because some places find i

the committee's hearing followed a report from the national childbirth trust which blamed a shortagethey had been treated "like cattle". the number has been granted of 2600 of the gap, if that figure you would... our current figure is we are 3500 full—time with white short. there are various issues. we are seeing a rapidly increasing number of midwives retiring from the service so the number of midwives now over 50 is very significant so there is a need to replace, as midwives to leave and the number going out is now pretty much equating to the number coming in so you are getting flat—lining of the workforce. as donald trump prepared to take over as us president, a conservative peer lambasted his predecessor ba rack obama as "the most "useless american president in my lifetime". lord blencathra was taking part in a debate on the rise of populism around the world. he made clear he'd be pleased to see the end of the obama era. tomorrow we will be rid of the most useless american president i have ever seen in my entire lifetime whose only legacy is rhetoric. he has withdrawn america fro