> Support the cause of birth centres by lobbying your MP to support this
> Early Day Motion in Parliament:
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> http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=29753&SESSION=875
> EDM 1363 BIRTH CENTRES 12.01.2006 Gidley, Sandra
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> That this House believes women should have choice over where they have
> their baby, including midwife-led units and birth centres; notes that
> many women prefer to receive care during pregnancy and labour as close
> to home as possible; fully supports commitments in the Maternity
> Standard of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Children, Young
> People and Maternity Services to provide choice over place of birth;
> recognises that midwife-led units provide friendly, individualised
> woman and family-centred maternity care; acknowledges research which
> shows that for carefully selected, low-risk women, birth centres
> provide higher normal birth rates and lower rates of medical
> interventions; further notes that the closure of midwife-led units and
> birth centres will undermine implementation of the Children's NSFs; in
> support of these aims, urges the Secretary of State for Health
> tosupport the National Childbirth Trust's call for a moratorium on the
> closure of midwife-led units and birth centres across England and
> Wales; calls for midwife-led units and birth centres which have been
> closed temporarily in the past three years to be reopened; and further
> urges the Government to require primary care trusts and NHS trusts to
> promote midwife-led units and birth centres to health professionals and
> the local community to ensure these valuable units are fully used.
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> How can you help?
> MPs are more likely to sign up to the EDM if the request comes from one
> of their constituents. What we need you to do is email your MP and ask
> him or her to support EDM 1363 on Birth Centres.
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> How do you do this?
> If you do not know who your MP is, please go to the following website
> http://www.locata.co.uk/commons/. Tap in your postcode and it'll let you
> know who your MP is. You will then be given the option to email your MP.
> Please take this opportunity to lobby your elected representative- it'll
> only take a few minutes!
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> What should my email say?
> * Ask your MP to sign up to EDM 1363 on Birth Centres
> * You support the NCT
> * You think birth centres provide a valuable service for pregnant
> women and their families
> * Birth centres should supported, not closed.
> * Ask your MP what he/ she is doing to support choice in maternity
> services
> * Ask your MP to respond to your email.
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> To find out more about the NCT's parliamentary work, please contact
> Susan Solanki, NCT Parliamentary Officer on either [log in to unmask]
> or 020 8752 2332. Susan Solanki Parliamentary Officer
> National Childbirth Trust Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace
> Acton London W3 6NH
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