hereAn understaffed maternity unit at the time of Mrs Kalkar's labour impacted on the care she received, the inquest heard.Staffing levels on the night of her admission were reduced from fourteen midwives to just nine.Dr Clare Tower, a consultant in obstetrics and fetal medicine at Saint Mary's, said a 'capacity error' had resulted in the delay in inducing Mrs Kalkar.Dr Tower said the shortage of midwives had led to Mrs Kalkar being transferred to the delivery unit."In order to transfer a woman