TY - JOUR T1 - A review of the general practitioner obstetric service in Colchester 1970-1979 JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 92 LP - 96 VL - 31 IS - 223 AU - J. D. Owen Y1 - 1981/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/31/223/92.abstract N2 - I report here on an audit of the work of a general practitioner maternity unit situated in the same building as a consultant obstetric unit. Between 1970 and 1979, 10,588 patients were admitted under the care of general practitioner obstetricians. The perinatal mortality rate averaged 6ยท9. I show in the report how an audit of such a unit can be carried out, and demonstrate that general practitioner obstetricians still have a valid and useful place in a district obstetric service. ER -