Only one in 50 babies born at home in 2016, raising concerns that women in England and Wales are not given range of choices
The number of women having a home birth has fallen to a 15-year low as concern rises that some expectant mothers are being denied one because there are too few midwives.
Only one in 50 babies in England and Wales were born at home last year, according to National Office of Statistics data – the lowest number since 2001 . Just 2.1% of the 676,271 babies born were delivered at home.
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