Wednesday 30 January 2008

UK paying for 'migrant baby boom'

The NHS is spending £350m a year to provide maternity services for foreign-born mothers, £200m more than a decade ago, the BBC has found.Immigration has raised the birth rate so fast that some units have closed, so that midwives could be moved to areas of urgent need.

Link to BBC NEWS | Health | UK paying for 'migrant baby boom'