Pregnant women should be given budget of £3,000 to spend on services
First Women Exclusives · March 8, 2016
Under plans proposed by the National Maternity Review, women would be told about local NHS providers, but given flexibility to make their own choices about their care. We took a detailed look at its suggestions.
The scheme would give women more choice over how and where they give birth – an important decision at a time when half of maternity services in England are classed as “inadequate” or “require improvement”.
It goes on to argue that the NHS could and should raise its game on personalised support for parents and their babies, better team working, better use of technology, and more joined up maternity and mental health services.
To find out more about what the review has proposed, read the full article on Real Business.
