RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 General-practitioner maternity units JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 263 OP 265 VO 26 IS 165 A1 B. N. C. Littlepage YR 1976 UL http://bjgp.org/content/26/165/263.abstract AB A study of information available for monitoring care was made during 1974 in 46 general-practitioner maternity units in the South-west of England. The information available did not form an adequate basis for monitoring at area level. Although many deliveries take place in general-practitioner maternity units in the South-west, perinatal mortality rates are low. Transfer of babies to a consultant unit, after the delivery is, however, commoner than elsewhere in England and Wales.