Factors influencing utilisation of ‘free-standing’ and ‘alongside’ midwifery units for low-risk births in England: a mixed-methods study

Walsh, Denis; Spiby, Helen; McCourt, Christine; Coleby, Dawn; Grigg, Celia; Bishop, Simon; Scanlon, Miranda; Culley, Lorraine; Wilkinson, Jane; Pacanowski, Lynne; Thornton, Jim

doi:10.3310/hsdr08120

Factors influencing utilisation of ‘free-standing’ and ‘alongside’ midwifery units for low-risk births in England: a mixed-methods study

Walsh, Denis; Spiby, Helen; McCourt, Christine; Coleby, Dawn; Grigg, Celia; Bishop, Simon; Scanlon, Miranda; Culley, Lorraine; Wilkinson, Jane; Pacanowski, Lynne; Thornton, Jim

Authors

Denis Walsh

Professor HELEN SPIBY Helen.Spiby@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Midwifery

Christine McCourt

Dawn Coleby

Celia Grigg

SIMON BISHOP SIMON.BISHOP@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Miranda Scanlon

Lorraine Culley

Jane Wilkinson

Lynne Pacanowski

Jim Thornton

Citation

Walsh, D., Spiby, H., McCourt, C., Coleby, D., Grigg, C., Bishop, S., …Thornton, J. (2020). Factors influencing utilisation of ‘free-standing’ and ‘alongside’ midwifery units for low-risk births in England: a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(12), 1-106. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08120

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 1, 2019
Publication Date	2020-03
Deposit Date	Mar 3, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Mar 11, 2020
Journal	Health Services and Delivery Research
Print ISSN	2050-4349
Electronic ISSN	2050-4357
Publisher	NIHR Journals Library
Volume	8
Issue	12
Pages	1-106
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08120
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4085408
Publisher URL	https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr08120#/abstract
Additional Information	Contractual start date: 12-2015; Editorial review begun: 5-2018; Accepted for publication: 4-2019