Maternity services for obese women ´not good enough´
Posted: Fri 19th March, 2010 at 13:46
Maternity services for obese women are not good enough and may be putting mothers-to-be at risk, experts warn.
The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries said units were short of basic equipment like extra-wide operating tables and beds.
Its poll of UK services also showed obese pregnant women were not getting the right advice and assessments.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said the UK remained "one of the safest countries in the world to have a baby".
The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries, an independent research group which is partly funded by the NHS, said it had teamed up with doctors to issue new guidelines to the NHS on treating obese mothers-to-be
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