The practising midwife
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The 1999 Asylum and Immigration Act has had a great impact on the lives of pregnant asylum seekers and their ability to access good maternity care by dispersing them at will throughout the country to prevent destitution. Midwives in this country are striving to provide the best care they can to vulnerable groups, though their ability to do so is impacted by damaging social policy. Pregnant asylum seekers face upheaval, distress and risks to them and their unborn baby by being moved around the country to unsuitable housing, often hundreds of miles from the only people they know, fragmenting their maternity care. This has led to an unacceptable level of maternal mortality in this group of vulnerable women.
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The practising midwife · Nov 2013
Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women.
The aim of this bi-monthly column is to highlight Cochrane Systematic Reviews of relevance to pregnancy and childbirth and to stimulate discussion on the relevance and implications of the review for practice. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organisation that prepares and maintains high quality systematic reviews to help people make well-informed decisions about healthcare and health policy. ⋯ Residents in countries with a national licence to the Cochrane Libray, including the U. K. and Ireland, can access the Cochrane Library online, free of charge through www.thecochranelibrary.com.