Years of inquiries have exposed failings in maternity care in England that suggest problems are systemic. As the sector ...

After confirming a permanent closure of key services at Melton Mowbray’s St Mary’s Birth Centre, health officials insist ...

Mums and campaigners say they are "devastated" after NHS bosses decided to close a Leicestershire birth centre. The Leicester ...

Campaigners who fought to save a birthing centre have described the decision to close it for good as a "sad day". NHS bosses ...

At least 58 babies at an NHS maternity unit might have survived with better care, a BBC investigation has found. The deaths ...

A recent study led by Ph.D. in Epidemiology candidate Marion Granger Howard and published in JAMA Pediatrics compared the health outcomes of planned hospital births vs. planned community births (i.e., ...

Helen Cliff has been campaigning to keep Melton’s St Mary’s Birth Centre open for more than 20 years. As a mother who has ...

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For many parents, the birth of a child is one of life’s most joyful and hopeful moments: precious times filled with ...

A birthing centre is set to close after hospital bosses explained that it costs almost twice as much to deliver a baby there.

NHS bosses are recommending the permanent closure of a birth centre in Leicestershire after seeking the views of the public.