Nurturing Maternity Staff, by Jan Smith artwork
Pinter & Martin Book Launch Special

Nurturing Maternity Staff, by Jan Smith

  • 24:20
  • September 17th 2021

That maternity staff are under pressure, with many leaving their jobs each year, is well known. Personal sacrifices, long working hours, lack of resources and an overstretched system take their toll, and occasionally staff are involved in traumatic and emotionally difficult situations. Many tolerate these conditions in the service of doing a job they love, but what happens to their mental health over time?

Nurturing Maternity Staff explains how the system and individuals within it relate to each other, highlighting both the vital role compassionate leadership has in creating psychologically safe working environments, as well as tools individuals can use to optimise their own mental wellbeing.

Let’s dare to dream maternity services could be different.

Pinter & Martin Book Launch Special

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