The NMC have recently published Principles for supporting women’s choices in maternity care.They aim to drive ‘safer, more person-centred care for women and babies’ when...
NMC’s Principles for supporting women’s choices in maternity care
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Category: Gillian Meldrum
The Pursuit of Normal Birth at Any Cost: Where Did it Come From and Where Has it Taken Us?
I believe this dramatic and hurtful (to me) phrase was first introduced in the 2015 report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, when he wrote, “There was a growing move amongst midwives to pursue normal childbirth ‘at any cost’”