title: Maternity leave. Better for baby.
abstract: Women working in the NHS have won radically improved maternity pay and leave provision under a new general Whitley council (GWC) agreement. The agreement gives women up to a year's paid and unpaid leave and better options for flexible working arrangements on their return.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016524:Parental Leave / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom