The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity and Neonatal System (WY&H LMNS) launched a series of films (November 2024) to promote the breadth of maternity roles available and information on how to choose a career in maternity care. 
The films, and new website, are part of a system-wide plan to tackle the issue of an ageing workforce within maternity services. The LMNS identified that in the coming years, trusts in the region could see an increase in highly skilled and experienced midwives retiring, with 40 being the average age of a midwife, and 8% of the workforce now aged over 55.
The LMNS also hopes the films will bring more diversity to the maternity workforce in West Yorkshire and Harrogate to more accurately reflect the communities they work with.
Find out more about how to start your career in midwifery, and view the films at: midwiferycareerswyh.co.uk