"Funding cuts have had a huge impact"

I was admitted to the labour ward for monitoring at 38 weeks. Initially staff were very attentive at the maternity assessment centre but once on the ward it was very busy. The midwifes were clearly understaffed and could not cope with the demands of each of their 10 patients and as a low priority patient on the ward I was ignored and given very little information about the status of my condition. The doctors on duty were even more vague which left me feeling very disappointed with the level of care and completely ignored even though I was heavily pregnant and in an anxious state. One can’t but wonder that the NHS funding cuts have had a huge impact on the level of service these hospitals can provide.