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Pregnancy and birth
Pregnancy and birth
NCT has a range of policy briefings on pregnancy and birth, including briefings related to place of birth and mode of birth (see related documents below). These reflect and expand on the broad principles set out in the NCT birth policy, and present evidence on safety, effectiveness and the experiences of women and men, as well as the NCT’s position on issues. A number of shorter position statements are also available. You may also be interested in other related briefings and articles on the organisation and development of maternity services, including user involvement in the planning and monitoring of services.
Also available from NCT on the topic of pregnancy and birth are reviews of evidence, including the review on the safety of home birth, first published in NCT’s quarterly continuing professional development journal New Digest.
You may also be interested in government policy and documents from professionals bodies for the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and NICE clinical guidelines. You can also find information here on the following topics; Antenatal care, Midwifery care, Normal birth, Choice of place of birth, and Birth environment.
Related documents
- NCT Birth Policy
(PDF 87 Kb) - NCT Birth Policy
- NCT Home birth briefing (PDF 103 Kb)
- NCT Home birth briefing
- NCT Briefing Caesarean birth (PDF 58 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Caesarean birth
- NCT Briefing Midwife-led units (PDF 82 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Midwife-led units
- NCT Birth Companions: a new training programme and a new service (2010) (PDF 51 Kb)
- Mary Nolan, professor of perinatal education at the University of Worcester, introduces the new NCT Birth Companions service – and explains why it’s needed. New Digest July 2010.
