Do you support the call from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) to give women more choice over where to give birth? (News, 15 July)
My impression is that the RCOG has forgotten about the support desperately needed for women to be in better shape to have children. It also fails to emphasise the impact of obesity on pregnant women - on themselves, their babies and the NHS. Less reliance on hospitals per se is a good thing, but the midwife-led units it suggests would need to be near to or based in a hospital where emergency help would be available.
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