Tiktok star midwifemillar ‘pushed’ out of job by ‘jealous’ colleagues

The internal review carried out by the trust raised broader concerns about the midwifery department.

It found that staff were “not comfortable with raising concerns about colleagues as they feel there is a culture that nothing will be done”.

The BBC has been told that a number of midwives at Southmead Hospital have raised concerns about bullying with senior management.

Poor culture has been repeatedly blamed by official inquiries as contributing to the problems within maternity care across England.

A report , externalpublished last year, Say No to Bullying in Midwifery, highlighted the experiences of hundreds of midwives, many of whom had felt forced to leave the profession.

It gave harrowing details of what midwives had experienced, including panic attacks before starting a shift or fantasising about dying on the way to work.

Bullying and workplace cliques were a constant feature.

“It comes down to people not feeling listened to,” said Jenny Wylam, one of the co-authors.

“The other one is stress due to busy wards, staffing levels, things like that – people getting snappy, feeling undervalued.

“So if they’re feeling like they’re not being listened to by management, they pass it on. And that’s where you get people forming cliques, forming a network of people around them who they trust and can control to a certain extent.”