Revealed: Midwifery Staffing Levels for 19 public units (Feb 2014)
February 2014 the INMO (Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation) took a survey of clinical staffing levels of the 19 public maternity units in Ireland. The results highlight grossly inadequate & unsafe staffing levels in Irish units.
These are the findings of the survey:
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
Ireland - Midwifery Staffing (Public Hospital/Unit)
Survey of Current Clinical Staffing Levels - February 2014
Hospital/Mat Unit No of Midwives No. of Births Ratio Midwives/Births Shortage
Holles Street 303 9142 1:30 7
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Mayo 55 1785 1:32 5
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South Tipp 34 1167 1:32 6
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Limerick 144 4950 1:34 24
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Sligo 46 1660 1:36 10
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Waterford Regional 63 2250 1:36 13
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Cork 243 8900 1:37 59
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Kerry 45 1676 1:37 12
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OLOL Drogheda 99 3654 1:37 24
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Kilkenny 50 1907 1:38 15
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Portiuncula 54 2055 1:38 16
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Coombe 215 8586 1:40 76
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Galway 82 3377 1:41 32
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Letterkenny 46 1881 1:41 18
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Cavan 45 1897 1:42 19
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Wexford 46 2180 1:47 28
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Rotunda 188 9041 1:48 118
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Mullingar 54 2712 1:50 38
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Portlaoise 37 2059 1:55 33
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Total: 1804 70879 1:39 (average)
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Internationally Recommended Midwife: Birth Ratio: 1:29.5
(Birthrate Plus UK)
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Total Number of Midwives (Clinical Areas) in Ireland: 1821
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Total Number required to reach ratio and safe standards: 2403
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Shortfall: 582
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* Safer Childbirth Recommendations (2007) from RCOG and RCM recommend that the midwife to woman ratio should not exceed 1:28 for the majority of women, and for women with complicated case loads, the ratio is recommended at 1:25
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