Birth rate boom 'a strain on NHS midwifery services'

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England is seeing a massive increase in its birth rate which is putting a strain on the NHS, midwives warn.

In 2011 there were 688,120 babies born in England, the highest number since 1971, official figures show.

Dominic Hughes reports.

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