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Up to one in five hospital maternity units where consultants supervise births needs to close in order to ensure mothers in labour receive better care, the leader of Britain’s obstetricians and gynaecologists has warned.
Between 10% and 20% of obstetric units across England should go because serious shortages of maternity doctors means dangerously “stretched” staff spend too little time with mothers-to-be, whose care may then suffer, Dr David Richmond told the Guardian in an interview.
Acknowledging that his controversial proposal would create “a public and political furore”, the president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) said there should be a big expansion in the number of midwife-led units so women could still choose where to give birth
If adopted Richmond’s advice would see the number of consultant-led maternity units shrink from 147 to potentially as few as 119, creating what some critics call overly large “baby factories”.
Agree or disagree?
Between 10% and 20% of obstetric units across England should go because serious shortages of maternity doctors means dangerously “stretched” staff spend too little time with mothers-to-be, whose care may then suffer, Dr David Richmond told the Guardian in an interview.
Acknowledging that his controversial proposal would create “a public and political furore”, the president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) said there should be a big expansion in the number of midwife-led units so women could still choose where to give birth
If adopted Richmond’s advice would see the number of consultant-led maternity units shrink from 147 to potentially as few as 119, creating what some critics call overly large “baby factories”.
Agree or disagree?