Dear all,
I hope you don't mind me commenting on this from a statistical perspective. The graphs I circulated show that in England childbirth is changing but in a non-evidence-based direction that I think most people on this list think is wrong.
How long before some hard-nosed finance person notices that fewer than half of births in England are spontaneous and proposes that a 'solution' to the shortage of midwives would be replacing a substantial number of midwifery posts with obstetric nursing assistants to help the obstetricians conduct an ever growing proportion of births? This reached 39 per cent in 2007-18.
Good luck and I hope you do better than King Canute.
Alison Macfarlane
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Dear lesley
Thanks for your response. I do agree that NZ is a model which is more easily adaptable for the UK and that retaining midwifery care for all women as part of the NHS is essential. What struck me about the Canadian, or more specifically the Quebecoise midwives to whom I spoke was their deep understanding of the centrality of autonomy in their practice. I think this is a topic which deserves more exploration in the UK.
Kind regards
Fiona
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