New £40m NHS plan for pregnant women
All expectant mothers are to be given the same midwife throughout their pregnancy in a £40 million NHS promise.
Maternity deaths are expected to fall by 50 per cent after thousands more expectant mothers will be offered a named midwife to guide them through pregnancy.
To coincide with International Day of the Midwife 2019 on Sunday, the NHS has said that funding to transform maternity services will be doubled this year to £40 million.
A key element of this support will be to give women access to the same midwife or small team of midwives during pregnancy, the birth of their child and post birth.
Currently it is not uncommon for a woman to see a different midwife at all nine or ten of her antenatal consultations, and then a further new member of staff at the birth....










