24 hour consultant obstetrician presence on the labour ward and intrapartum outcomes in a large unit in England: A time series analysis

Sharon Morad; David Pitches; Alan Girling; Beck Taylor; Vikki Fradd; Christine MacArthur; Sara Kenyon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249233

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24 hour consultant obstetrician presence on the labour ward and intrapartum outcomes in a large unit in England: A time series analysis

Sharon Morad ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sharon.morad@nhs.net

Affiliation Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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David Pitches,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Directorate of Public Health and Wellbeing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Dudley, United Kingdom
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Alan Girling,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Beck Taylor,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3559-7922

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Vikki Fradd,

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Christine MacArthur,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sara Kenyon

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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24 hour consultant obstetrician presence on the labour ward and intrapartum outcomes in a large unit in England: A time series analysis

Sharon Morad,
David Pitches,
Alan Girling,
Beck Taylor,
Vikki Fradd,
Christine MacArthur,
Sara Kenyon

Published: March 31, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249233

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