The Ministry of Health has long been advocating for more personalized and humanized care in childbirths in Spain and for a reduction in the number of caesarean sections accordingly as we can see in its report Strategy of normal delivery care.
However they have encountered a stumbling block. In order to ensure a humanized birth and individualized attention "Each birth should be assisted by a midwife." This has been explained by the president of the Federation of Midwives Associations in Spain (FAME), which adds that this ratio is necessary "it is not met anywhere in Spain".
According to the General Nursing Council, approximately "40% more professionals", figure that translates into a deficit of 2,500 nurses trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The Ministry of Health has accredited 10% more places (in total 454) to specialize as a midwife. However, the autonomous communities have offered 365 places, probably because training costs are borne by the communities.
Hopefully, little by little, this lack of professionals will be resolved for the benefit of the mothers who are going to give birth. Unfortunately, the pressure of care often leads to deliveries being artificially accelerated, losing sight of the goals of humanization and respect for the pace of midwives and causing risks where there were none.
