£700 'to insure each NHS birth'
The NHS spends a fifth of its maternity services funding on insurance against malpractice, according to a report by the National Audit Office. The £482m figure equates to £700 for each natural birth.
Union: NHS 'safe for pregnant women'
Pregnant women should not be worried about giving birth on the NHS despite a damning report into the state of midwifery, a union chief said.
Jacque Gerrard from the Royal College of Midwives told Daybreak midwives were burnt out as they maternity services on the NHS were stretched thin.
"They will push themselves to the limit, that is the problem. They are burning out. We don't want to scare women. We are just reporting and feeding back on this report...which is underlining what we have been saying to Government for years, we need more midwives.
"But the mums that a pregnant, please don't worry. There are 700,00 births in this country, in England every year and the majority have healthy outcomes."
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