Making it better for mother and baby: a strategy or a sop?

Deery, Ruth, Hughes, Deborah and Kirkham, Mavis (2007) Making it better for mother and baby: a strategy or a sop? Midwifery Matters (113). pp. 2-3. ISSN 0961-1479

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Abstract

Sheila Shribman, National Clinical Director for Children,
Young People and Maternity Services, has recently presented
the current widespread reconfiguration of maternity
services as an opportunity to improve choice for
women (Shribman, 2007). Important parts of this strategy
are midwife-led units, whether free-standing birth centres
or ‘alongside’ midwife-led units located on the same
premises as consultant-led maternity units. Whilst the
rational for such units is partially to satisfy the demands of
Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees, they also fulfil
important roles in terms of effectiveness and efficacy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Reproduced by kind permission of The Association of Radical Midwives Originally pubished in Midwifery Matters Issue 113 Summer 2007 pp 2-3 © ARM
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Childhood Studies
Related URLs:	Publisher Author
Depositing User:	Sara Taylor
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2008 09:08
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2016 09:33
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/1064

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