A woman faces a "harrowing experience" of travelling an hour to give birth after she was banned from her nearest hospital.

With its mood lighting, wall art and the most tranquil private environment, Hull's new natural birth centre is more like a swanky boutique hotel than a hospital. The Fatima Allam Birth Centre is a ...

When Alex Fearnley had her son Teddy, it was the best day of her life. But giving birth at Bolton Hospital hadn't been part of the plan. All her midwife appointments were at Ingleside Birth and ...

The father of a newborn baby who died after an “avoidable” delay in her delivery has said that a hospital’s home birth ...

Coroners have been raising concerns about the safety of home birth services for years. The fact that these issues are still emerging after serious harm and deaths is deeply concerning. Ms Brintworth’s ...

The midwife-led birthing centre at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle has formally re-opened after months of closure. The centre has been "consistently closed" for much of the year, but in May ...

NHS hospitals in England have been told to “urgently review” the safety of their home birth services following a coroner’s report into the deaths of a mother and baby in Manchester. The recommendation ...