title: A cautionary holiday tale.
abstract: In this column, Sara Wickham takes a sideways look at issues relevant to midwives, students, women and families, inviting us to sit down with a cup of tea and ponder what we think we know. This month's seasonal story tells the tale of Rudolph the red-nosed quantity surveyor, who gets more than he has bargained for when he visits the labour ward in order to weigh the birth balls for a trust health and safety exercise and decides to make tea for the tired midwives....
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wickham
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011247:Pregnancy