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What are the factors that affect female healthcare workers on their return to work after maternity leave?
Originally published 2025-06-01 · British Paramedic Journal
College of Paramedics · DOI 10.29045/14784726.2025.6.10.1.38 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Maps work factors, health, childcare, identity and home support while explicitly identifying the lack of direct evidence for paramedics.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Are we designing a return plan from evidence about this job—or borrowing from another profession?
Maps work factors, health, childcare, identity and home support while explicitly identifying the lack of direct evidence for paramedics.
Study context
Nine studies of female healthcare workers returning from maternity leave; no paramedic-specific studies were found.
Age / stage: Adult healthcare workers after maternity leave.
Read with three questions
- Which five themes organized the reviewed evidence?
- Why was the absence of paramedic-specific research important?
- What job-specific childcare and shift-work questions remain unanswered?
Keep the limits in view
The small and partly dated evidence base does not establish that findings generalize to paramedics or contemporary UK practice; suggested supports require direct evaluation.
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Jennifer Dod; Gail Lansdown (2025). What are the factors that affect female healthcare workers on their return to work after maternity leave? British Paramedic Journal. https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2025.6.10.1.38
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