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Lisa Common

PhD Student Nottingham University Business School/Part-time Midwife Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Homebirth in England: Factors that impact on job satisfaction for community midwives

Homebirth rates in England have been persistently low for more than 5 decades, with just 23% of women giving birth at home in 2013 (Office for National Statistics, 2014)

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