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Article: Warning over maternity care; Closures `affect chances of a normal birth'.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2003
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Byline: Suzanne Elsworth
CHANGES to maternity care are damaging pregnant women's chances of having a normal birth, according to the National Childbirth Trust.
The charity warned that the closure or revamping of units was affecting women's access to care close to home and therefore on their chance of having a normal birth.
A new NCT report says obstetric and paediatric services appeared to be becoming more centralised, and innovative midwifery schemes closed, or left only as pilot projects. The charity said it felt some of the main factors driving changes were financial constraints and staff shortages.
Mary Newburn, NCT head of policy ...