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Fraser Barton

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Workload relief for midwives in patient ratio reforms - What They Never Told You

The Queensland government will legislate to set midwife-to-patient ratios in public hospitals. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

A long-running campaign by midwives battling heavy workloads has led to legislation aimed at making maternity wards safer in Queensland.

Minimum midwife-to-patient ratios of one to six, including babies, will be established in public maternity wards under reforms proposed by Health Minister Shannon Fentiman.

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