There is a real problem throughout health and social services which is particularly evident in maternity services and that is the issue of care. Care happens between people and is the response of one person to the needs of another. It must therefore always be appropriate to the particular needs of the individual which that person may not be easily able to express or used to expressing. This requires time, trust and flexibility in the response of the carer. Care is worthwhile

The story of Philomena Canning, another in a long line of midwives who have been unjustly disciplined or prosecuted for supporting women in

Women are giving birth in British prisons in their cells with no midwife present.