Pippa Gillibrand
27 Jan 2026 · Coroner Victoria Davies · Cheshire
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of national guidance on home birth care
“There is no national guidance in respect of home births and in particular the model of care”
2. absence of home birth outcome data
“There is no national or local collection of data around home births such as number resulting in transfer to hospital, number involving injury to mother or baby”