Peer-reviewedCC BYBMJ open20 Oct 2026

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

Heidi Stelling¹
Megan E L Brown²
Alex Boyle²
Christina Higgins²
Chris Dodd²
Erin Todd²
Eleanor Hoverd³
Sophie Park³
Bryan Burford²
Gillian Vance²

¹School of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK [email protected].
²School of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK.
³Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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@article{stelling2026understanding,
  title = {{Understanding midwifery workforce recruitment and retention: a realist review protocol for synthesising international evidence to inform UK workforce strategy.}},
  author = {Heidi Stelling and Megan E L Brown and Alex Boyle and Christina Higgins and Chris Dodd and Erin Todd and Eleanor Hoverd and Sophie Park and Bryan Burford and Gillian Vance},
  journal = {BMJ open},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-124745},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42901566},
  note = {CC BY},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Understanding midwifery workforce recruitment and retention: a realist review protocol for synthesising international evidence to inform UK workforce strategy.
AU  - Heidi Stelling
AU  - Megan E L Brown
AU  - Alex Boyle
AU  - Christina Higgins
AU  - Chris Dodd
AU  - Erin Todd
AU  - Eleanor Hoverd
AU  - Sophie Park
AU  - Bryan Burford
AU  - Gillian Vance
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/20
JO  - BMJ open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-124745
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42901566
SN  - 2044-6055
ER  -

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