Links

Petersfield & Liss NCT web site  The local Petersfield and Liss NCT Branch website.

Bring Back Blackbrook Babies  The campaign website for the Blackbrook Birth Centre, in Fareham.

Hospital Help  Website giving advice to those going to hospital.

Local NHS Sites

www.porthosp.nhs.uk/  Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust website.

http://www.hants.gov.uk/health.html  Hampshire County Council Health website.

www.hampshirepct.nhs.uk  Hampshire PCT website.

www.portspct.nhs.uk Portsmouth City PCT website.

National NHS and Government websites

www.dh.gov.uk  The Department of Health website, which details the 'National Service Framework for Children and Maternity Services' published September 2004.  This document sets out best practice guidance and standards for maternity services.

www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk  One document of interest is the Select Committee on Health, written evidence Appendix 11 'Memorandum by the Birth Centre Network UK'.

Websites providing information and research

www.nct.org.uk  The National Childbirth Trust.

www.aims.org.uk  The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services.

www.rcmnormalbirth.net  The Royal College of Midwives campaign for normal births.

www.midirs.org  Midwives information and resource services.

www.radmid.demon.co.uk  The association of radical midwives.

www.drfoster.co.uk  Provides comparative data on maternity units.

www.fathersdirect.com  Is a national information centre on fatherhood.

www.birthchoiceuk.com  Provides research on birth options.

www.esht.nhs.uk/crowborough/  Provides details on the Crowborough Birth Centre.

www.bma.org.uk  The British Medical Association website.

www.npeu.ox.ac.uk  The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unity.

www.nice.org.uk  The National Institute for Clinical Excellence.