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ArticleBMJ open2026

Understanding midwifery workforce recruitment and retention: a realist review protocol for synthesising international evidence to inform UK workforce strategy.

Heidi Stelling, Megan E L Brown, Alex Boyle, Christina Higgins, Chris Dodd, Erin Todd, Eleanor Hoverd, Sophie Park, Bryan Burford, Gillian Vance

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Article in BMJ open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Heidi StellingSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK heidi.stelling1@ncl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4402-6091
Megan E L BrownSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9334-0922
Alex BoyleSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Christina HigginsSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Chris DoddSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Erin ToddSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Eleanor HoverdNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-655X
Sophie ParkNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1521-2052
Bryan BurfordSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-7556
Gillian VanceSchool of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Health WorkforceMidwiferySystematic Review

Identifiers

PMID42901566
PMCPMC13684146

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