Table 1

Distance from practice to the nearest specialist maternity hospital

GPs’ responses (n=117 practices)Midwives’ responses (n=121 practices)
Distance to maternity hospital (miles)Frequency(%)Frequency(%)
<1054.386.6
10–253832.53932.2
26–502823.93730.6
51–1002823.91512.4
>1001815.42117.4
Missing0010.8
TOTAL117100121100