Claim: The NHS Pay Review Body reports that 80% of of the midwives who left the profession would've stayed if they were valued more highly.
Fact-check: Midwives leaving the profession - Full Fact
Verdict: not quite. the nhs pay review body says that according to the royal college of midwives 80% of the midwives who were intending to leave midwifery in the next two years said that increased pay would encourage them to stay in midwifery. but the same survey found the biggest concern  was staffing levels.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Charlotte Browning
Date published: 2017-06-30T00:00:00