The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health have issued guidance to doctors and midwives on how to support and care for women in labour. All recommendations in the guideline are underpinned by the principle that women are provided with information and advice so they are in control of what happens to them during labour, and are able to make decisions that are right for them and their baby.
(NICE - press release)