PRESS RELEASE
Thursday 12 December 2013
Doula UK calls for more investment in NHS Maternity Services in England
RCM releases its 3rd State of Maternity Services Report, with 128K more babies being born than services are appropriate for
RCM releases its 3rd State of Maternity Services Report, with 128K more babies being born than services are appropriate for
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has released its third annual State of Maternity Services report. The report, which follows earlier reports published in 2011 and 2012, provides an update, highlighting the very latest developments in NHS Maternity Services.
Although the very latest figures, for the first half of 2013, suggest that the baby boom in England is over, the number of births in England rose again in 2012, reaching its highest number since 1971.
The RCM has stressed in the report that