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Personal budgets for maternity care, £3000 - good idea?

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JessM Sat 27-Feb-16 12:53:20

Bright new idea to improve the quality of maternity care and increase choice.
I'm thinking there may be one or two problems with this. Firstly it will inevitably incur 10 - 15% administration charge.
Secondly are there actually enough community midwives available to cope? Last time I heard there was a national shortage of midwives.
Thirdly - isn't this just another sneaky idea to funnel money from the public sector into the hands of private providers?

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JessM Tue 01-Mar-16 18:00:30

Interesting link about what people pay in other countries

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31052665

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NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Mar-16 12:39:19

Really interesting JessM.
I had one of my babies in the USA 30 years ago and although a home birth, we still had midwifery and consultant costs and given the time gap it wasn't anything like these figures.
It's still mind boggling how much you might have to spend if things go wrong.
Here is some more interesting info from the data the BBC drew on (screenshots and explanation):

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NotSpaghetti Fri 04-Mar-16 12:40:05