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Darley Birth Centre

Yesterday, we took a day off and visited Darley Birth Centre at the Whitworth Hospital. This small unit, located in the Dales between Sheffield and Chesterfield, has been operating as a midwife led unit since 2001, offering 100 women each year the chance to birth in a very progressive, peaceful environment.

There are 11 GP practices across this very rural area that feed into the unit, and the midwives offer clinics at either these surgeries or in the Centre itself. The Centre is staffed 24 hours a day by a single midwife, who works a 12 hour shift, and many women will choose to have their prenatal check-ups in the evening or at night, so they can see the same midwife each time, if that where they are working.

Birth outcomes, as you would imagine, are good. They have a very dedicated group of midwives who form a very stable team, with many working part time to fit in with families and other commitments.

Mavis Kirkham drove Lynne and I to visit this unit, across the most lovely countryside that was all green trees, lush pastures and neat stone villages. The contrasts between city and country in this small island are remarkable and everything is just so close together. The British have developed the art of compacting a lot into a tiny space and it makes getting into the country very easy from any of the regional cities. It was a lovely day and a very welcome respite from the hectic round of workshops over this last few days.

Posted by andrea at June 07, 2003 05:40 PM

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