Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Helen Clark (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 38 members in total.

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HOME BIRTH SERVICES

That this House wishes to express its concern at the suspension of home birth services by the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the consequent lack of care available to local women wishing to have a home birth, which was only drawn to the public's attention by the suspension of a midwife who honoured an undertaking to deliver a baby at home; regrets that the Trust has not given a firm date for the resumption of domiciliary deliveries; and believes that choice in healthcare, as outlined in recent Government policy, should not exclude home confinements and that, even in these days of high technology, mothers generally know what is best for themselves and their babies.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1550 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Home births

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk