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Community-based midwives\u2019 views need to be taken on board by HSE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Minister for Health must urgently intervene to ensure continued access to home birth services for women living in rural communities, according to Holly Cairns TD.<\/p>\n

Deputy Cairns, who represents Cork South-West, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cA recommendation by the HSE to exclude large swathes of my constituency from access to community-based midwife care would effectively mean that having a home birth will not be an option for most of West Cork, with some rural parts of Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo and Donegal also losing out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe HSE\u2019s analysis is based on the distance between a family home and the nearest acute maternity hospital. If accepted, it would represent a blatant failure of the Government\u2019s commitment to a woman-centred approach, as set out in the National Maternity Strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis recommendation, which is not evidence-based, seems to be a case of the HSE making decisions for women while ignoring the views of midwives. If home birth options are taken away, women living in rural areas will only have limited alternatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also worth noting that Cork and Kerry make up over 45 percent of home births nationally \u2013 a figure that has been consistent for many years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWest Cork in particular needs funding for its own specific midwife-led strategy. It is completely unacceptable there is no maternity or midwife clinic west of Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is that home birth midwives are the only ones providing this service to rural-based mothers in Cork and Kerry at present.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we saw during the pandemic \u2013 when maternity restrictions were kept for so much longer than was necessary \u2013 women\u2019s healthcare is nowhere near the priority it should be for this Government. I have raised this issue with the Minister but have no confidence that he will stand up for women in rural communities by giving them a choice when it comes to childbirth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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