HLHannah Leonard — no licensed photograph is available, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.

Sector leader

Hannah Leonard

Deputy chief midwife, Royal College of Midwives

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Hannah Leonard: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Deputy chief midwife, Royal College of Midwives
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

“The exodus of midwives under 35 was "deeply worrying" and showed that too many were ending up "burnt-out within a few years of qualifying because every shift means too few colleagues, missed breaks and unpaid hours".”

Where Hannah Leonard has been quoted

  1. Rising numbers of younger midwives quitting NHS in England, data showstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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