'No basis' for removing midwives from  specialist clinic in Limerick, health minister says

A lunchtime protest by nurses and midwives over staff shortages at University Maternity Hospital, Limerick. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

The health minister has said there “should be no basis” for removing midwives from a specialist clinic at University Maternity Hospital Limerick.

Due to staff shortages, the Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) clinic no longer functions as a service and is now led by a consultant obstetrician.