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North Manchester General Hospital 2017-04-26 Person 3 5 0

The facilities and staff are wonderful. Staff wise the 2 midwives never stopped, nothing was too much trouble and I was surprised to see how much of their time was spent cleaning, with no downtime and even the more standard births are draining. The only reason I am not extremely likely to recommend the unit is I worry about the staffing model. They require support, our birth was unexpectedly quick once it started and our midwife was spinning plates. Naturally she dropped everything and was outstanding, if this birth had been in anyway complex I wonder where support would be. The other thing that surprised me was as we walked to the birthing centre, stopping with each contraction the amount of medical professionals who looked then physically and noticeably purposefully looked the other way. A member of support staff was the only one to show concern and offer assistance.