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

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trisher Sun 28-Feb-16 09:49:56

I think the poorer end of society which is where real problems exist with getting women to use the services anyway would probably cease to use the service at all. So the rates of infant mortality and babies born with problems would increase. One of the advantages of the present system is it is easy to access, this would create new levels of difficulty.

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Anniebach Sun 28-Feb-16 09:45:51

I have't heard much of this, will the money be paid for NHS treatment or can the woman pay for private care at the birth? It sounds just so stupid

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JessM Sun 28-Feb-16 09:41:00

Why's that grove1234 ?

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grove1234 Sun 28-Feb-16 09:35:27

its seems a great rip off scheme

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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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