NHS axes targets for natural births as C-section limits are dropped to improve standards of care

NHS axes targets for natural births as C-section limits are dropped to improve standards of care Hospitals will no longer be encouraged to promote ‘natural births’ over C-sections under plans to improve care for mothers and babies.

The NHS has abandoned targets aimed at limiting caesarean rates which assessed maternity units based on the number they carried out.

There were concerns these targets led to women pursuing natural births when a C-section would have been more appropriate, jeopardising their safety. The Daily Mail 

See also: 

• Abandon ‘normal birth’ targets, hospitals in England told The Guardian