Thought ozmidwifery list would be interested to hear this positive news from the UK posted to other lists This is the hospital I understand that Carolyn Flint and co.'s birth Centre is next door
Denise > Thought you all might be interested in a recent posting on an NCT list that I am on. The hospital they are talking about is St George's in Tooting, London. Yet another example of how a different approach to childbirth can make a difference. > > Debbie > > > "I think Gail posted a message a while ago saying how St George's have recently cut their CS rate dramatically (about 5%) through a variety of methods, but including abolishing the CTG admission trace, and because there is a consultant midwife, supported by the head of midwifery, who is promoting a culture of normal birth. > > 80% of women at George's are booked with community teams. All women are presumed to be low-risk and booked for midwifery-led care, and don't see a consultant at all, unless the midwives looking after them decide to make a referral, or transfer them for consultant-led care. > > The midwives are keen to promote home births, and women having home births are made a priority so that women are not told to come in to the hospital at the last minute due to staff shortages. > > St Georges have just won the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) on Maternity award for the most increased normal birth rate." > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Free shipping on all inkjet cartridge & refill kit orders to US & Canada. Low prices up to 80% off. We have your brand: HP, Epson, Lexmark & more. > http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5510 > http://us.click.yahoo.com/GHXcIA/n.WGAA/ySSFAA/JxSolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
