Good evening,

A massive thank you to everyone who has signed the petition so far. We have over 33,000 supporters and I’m truly grateful for every single one of you. 

I have emailed the petition to my local MP and was hoping that you could do the same? A template letter is below and it should only take five minutes to do.

Women, birthing people, our children and midwives deserve better support and it’s time the government took action to end this crisis.

Dear Rt Hon. (your local MP), 

My name is (WRITE HERE), I am one of your constituents, my full address and postcode is [WRITE HERE] 

I am writing to you to ask if you could write to the Minister for Health and Social Care about investing in maternity services to solve the staffing crisis. [WRITE HERE your connection to the issue/ you have worked in maternity services for X number of years etc] I have signed a petition on this issue which has over 33,000 signatures - you can see it here - https://chng.it/CS5LYBjf 

I would really value your support, as my local MP, in this matter and would be happy to publicise your support to everyone who has signed this petition. 

Please let me know when you have written to Rt Hon Sajid Javid about this issue.

Kind regards 

(WRITE HERE)

Thank you again for taking the time to sign the petition and I know that this must be an issue close to your heart, so please continue your support and write to your local MP today.

Many thanks Cheryl x