I work in a long established rural birth centre, at Darley Dale in Derbyshire, which is threatened with closure. We are collecting research on the benefits of rural birth centres, clinical and social, as part of our arguments against closure. We would also be very interested if there is any research on events subsequent to the closure of a rural birth centre.
I think Chris Hendry has some useful work from New Zealand but I lost Chris's email address in changing jobs.
We would be grateful for any research on rural birth centres from anywhere in the world.
Best Wishes,
Mavis
Mavis Kirkham
Professor of Midwifery
Sheffield Hallam University
33 Collegiate Crescent
Sheffield S10 2BJ
tel 0114 2255644
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