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Making a Difference: strengthening the nursing, midwifery and health visiting contribution to health and healthcare
Dept. of Health. July 1999 available free of charge from: NHS Response Line 0541 555455 or via the Internet at: www.hod.gov.uk/nurstrat.htm
What happened to Changing Childbirth? While many midwives and consumers alike feel that the impetus has dwindled away, the NHS Executive is still pursuing an agenda for change. Its basic message is that the public trusts nurses, midwives and health visitors, the Government values them and their position will be strengthened in the modernised NHS. Cynically, one might feel that emphasis on nurses and midwives is seen as another way of saving...