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Why low-risk women could be better off delivering in a midwife-led unit
A midwife-led maternity department can be a stand-alone unit, which can be miles away from a hospital and without the medical facilities and doctors that are available on a labour ward.
Some feel that the midwife-led approach is better for women in labour and others that doctors should always be present for childbirth.
Joanna speaks to those with experience of midwife-led units about how they compared with traditional hospital maternity unit.
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