Sentence examples for midwifery unit from inspiring English sources

Another 9-11% were in the Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU), the midwife-led unit at the hospital.

Your best option is a midwife-led unit alongside an obstetric unit – known as an AMU birth, "alongside medical unit" – or an FMU birth, "freestanding midwifery unit".

the objective of the Birthplace in England Case Studies was to explore the organisational and professional issues that may impact on the quality and safety of labour and birth care in different birth settings: Home, Freestanding Midwifery Unit, Alongside Midwifery Unit or Obstetric Unit.

It said women should be offered the choice of a home birth, an obstetric unit in hospital, a midwifery unit next to a hospital or a midwifery unit in the community.

Kate's father, Richard Stanton, said that the midwifery unit in Ludlow was 40 minutes away from Shrewsbury hospital and with plans to move it to Telford, there was potential for even greater delays.

Options may include home or a freestanding midwifery unit (FMU).

AMU: Alongside midwifery unit; CI: Confidence interval; FMU: Freestanding midwifery unit; OU: Obstetric unit; RR: Relative risk.

P values for parity adjusted regression tests of heterogeneity: overall 0.06; pairwise (v obstetric unit) for home 0.01, freestanding midwifery unit 0.99, and alongside midwifery unit 0.69.

Of the 18 women with planned hospital birth, two started labour in an alongside midwifery unit.

This was a contrast with the care many had experienced in the midwifery unit.

Less than 3% of births occurred in a stand alone midwifery unit.