Fiona Gibb: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Director of Midwifery at the RCM
- Quoted on
- NHS & care workforce/staffing, Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 6
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“These results are deeply worrying and it is troubling that newly qualified midwives, who have worked hard and are ready to contribute to care, are being left unemployed, working in non-clinical roles or trapped in insecure jobs.”
What Fiona Gibb has said
“These results are deeply worrying and it is troubling that newly qualified midwives, who have worked hard and are ready to contribute to care, are being left unemployed, working in non-clinical roles or trapped in insecure jobs.”
director of midwifery at the RCM · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 30 Sept 2026 · Newly qualified midwives left unemployed amid 'chronic' staff shortages ↗
“At a time when maternity services are struggling with staff shortages, we should be doing everything we can to bring these newly qualified professionals into the workforce. Instead, they are being failed which is undermining the future maternity workforce we so desperately need.”
Director of Midwifery, Royal College of Midwives · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 30 Sept 2026 · Newly qualified midwives struggle to land job - despite 'chronic' staff shortages ↗
“This report is a stark reminder of the consequences when maternity services are not staffed safely. Midwives want to provide the highest standard of care, but they need the time, resources and support to maintain their skills and meet the needs of the women and families they care for.”
Director of Midwifery, RCM · Maternity & neonatal · 29 Sept 2026 · Staffing gaps behind home birth safety concerns ↗
“Any suggestion that women's pain is not taken seriously, or that access to appropriate pain relief differs by ethnicity, is completely unacceptable. More consistent data collection is essential.”
Director of midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives · Maternity & neonatal · 10 Sept 2026 · Women from minority backgrounds in UK less likely to receive epidurals, research finds ↗
“I'm the director of midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives. I lead work on practice, education, research and leadership. I support and influence national policy, promote high standards of practice and help shape the future of our profession.”
Director of midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 8 Sept 2026 · ‘I want to keep improving midwifery education and leadership’ ↗
Where Fiona Gibb has been quoted
- Survey reveals midwife job struggles, despite ongoing NHS staffing shortagesnationalhealthexecutive.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Newly qualified midwives left unemployed amid 'chronic' staff shortageslbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Newly qualified midwives struggle to land job - despite 'chronic' staff shortagesnews.sky.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Staffing gaps behind home birth safety concernshealthcare-management.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Women from minority backgrounds in UK less likely to receive epidurals, research findstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- ‘I want to keep improving midwifery education and leadership’nursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
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