Links

Professional Bodies

The Royal College of Midwives

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Association of Radical Midwives

Independent Midwives Association

Pregnancy support organisations

The National Childbirth Trust

AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services)

Information resources

MIDIRS

PERISTAT (The European Perinatal Health Report)

Cochrane Library. This is now available free to NHS staff, patients and the public in England through the National electronic Library for Health (NeLH).

RCM Campaign for Normal Birth.

Midwives Online

International Cesarean Awareness Network

Recorded delivery: a national survey of women’s experience of maternity care 2006, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit.

Focus on Caesarean Section, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
This document aims to help local health communities and organisations improve the quality and value of care for promoting normal outcomes in maternity care and reducing Caesarean section rates to a safe minimum.

Professional Journals

British Medical Journal

British Journal of Midwifery

Midwifery Today