Queen Elizabeth Hospital

I am working at queens, it is a big tertiary referral hospital, and they receive patients from all the surrounding districts.  The delivery rate is around 12, 000 per year the majority of whom are high risk - this is unheard of in the UK.  With this number of women the department still only has 3 consultants ( 2 are leaving soon :( ) , 3 registrars and 5 interns- newly qualified doctors.  There is also a shortage of midwives and nurses on the wards which are often flooded with patients,  because of this shortage patient care is often compromised and maternal and fetal death are no strangers here.  As well as clinical duties the department also has to teach the incoming medical students who are the doctors of the future- this is the main teaching hospital in the country.