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Birthrights: Lack of home birth services a national failure to provide core maternity care - Maternity & Midwifery Forum

Summary by Maternity & Midwifery Forum
66% of Trusts in the UK restricted or suspended their home birth services between October 2023 and November 2024, according to an investigation by the maternity rights charity Birthrights. This shortage leaves women and birthing people who want a home birth feeling like they only have two choices: opt for an undesired hospital birth or give birth at home unassisted and without medical care. Birthrights’ co-CEOs Janaki Mahadevan and Shanthi Gunes…
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Maternity & Midwifery Forum broke the news in on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
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