Most comprehensive review of maternity services ever carried out

Maternity units fail maternity guidelines

Maternity care fails one third of women (The Telegraph 19th January 2008)

Caesarean sections linked to higher risk of hysterectomies (The Guardian 1st January 2008)

IVF technique 'cuts twin births' - BBC News

Birth device seeks funding (BBC News - Monday 21st May 2007)

Recommendations for safe organisation of care during labour and birth (15/10/2007)

Record high for older pregnancies - BBC News

Taking the fear out of childbirth - Coventry Telegraph

Healthcare commission website launched on maternity services

Women in labour turned away by maternity units. The Guardian 21/03/2008

More mothers are going for homebirth. Sunday Telegraph. 9th March 2008

New Guidelines on Pregnancy care. Health Service Journal 26/03/2008

NHS Choices launches pregnancy hub. 18/03/2008

Midwife shortage hits homebirth. The Telegraph 26th April 2008

NCT statement n BJOG study - homebirths. 2nd April 2008

Tips on gestational diabetes - Pulse 18th April 2008

Save the independent midwife. The Times. 8th May 2008

Babies in danger on overstretched maternity wards while midwives cannot find jobs. Daily Mail. 3rd May 2008

DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE Sexism and the City, a new report published today by equality pressure group The Fawcett Society, outlines the harsh reality that mothers-to-be and new mothers experience the most discrimination in the labour market.

Premature babies and autism. NHS choices. 7th April 2008

Genetics linked to breech birth. BBC News. 28th March 2008

New mothers missing key public health messages. RCM. 6th May 2008