by sandrineuwase | Aug 23, 2020 | Blog
Despite clinical guidelines and policy promoting choice of place of birth, 14 Freestanding Midwifery Units were closed between 2008 and 2015, closures reported in the media as justified by low use and financial constraints. This paper uses an interpretative technique...
by sandrineuwase | Aug 23, 2020 | Blog
Midwifery-led units (MUs) are recommended for ‘low-risk’ births by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence but according to the National Audit Office were not available in one-quarter of trusts in England in 2013 and, when available, were used by only a...
by Sheena Byrom | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog
Dr Marie Lewis, Consultant Midwife, Powys Teaching Health Board ‘On average, 30% of women in Powys have midwife-led care in the community for labour; with 15% of that group (about 1 in 7) transferring to hospital for care during labour (intrapartum...
by Sheena Byrom | May 12, 2018 | Blog
by Claire Mathews Lead Clinical Midwife, Cheshire and Merseyside Local Maternity System Cheshire and Merseyside has recently opened a ‘pop-up’ freestanding birth centre on the Wirral a great innovation, as there were previously no freestanding midwifery-led units in...
by Sheena Byrom | Jan 20, 2018 | Blog
The Meadow Birth Centre, Worcestershire Findings have been published from the midwifery unit mapping study, led by Assistant Professor, Denis Walsh, and a multi-disciplinary team of academics from Nottingham University; City, University of London; De Montfort...
by Sheena Byrom | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog
On 6th November 2017, a maternity audit report was published, based on births in NHS maternity services in England, Scotland and Wales over two years (1st April 2015 – 31st March 2016). This blog summarises some of the key findings and methodological details of...
