In Sierra Leone, nurses and midwives are about equally concentrated in those areas, and no cadre provides cover for remoter rural areas.
We estimated that the time investment for midwives would be about 1.5 hours per week for an average practice.
She is just back from filming Call the Midwife and is about to join the cast of Trollied as a regular.
The total amount of pregnancies in the area of the 17 community midwife practices is about 5,000 per year.
Cathy Warwick, the chief executive of the RCM, said: "We knew midwives were angry about the derisory offer from the Government, but this response from our members highlights just how unfairly they have been treated.
Midwives were informed about the study via email.
Midwives were positive about their involvement in the screening and ABI program.
The independent midwives were all about safety but I come first.
Midwives were asked about the ToC and referral of women and families following discharge from hospital or maternity services.
During an educational meeting in autumn 2013, the midwives were informed about the RLP and invited to participate in the study.
