A report said that over 95 per cent of women were not able to choose where to give birth (as between the three government-approved options of home birth with a midwife, a local midwifery facility, or an obstetric unit in a hospital).
Source: Location, Location, Location: Making choice of place of birth a reality, National Childbirth Trust
Links: Report | NCT press release | Guardian report
Date: 2006-Jan