ABSTRACT
The facilities available in such units will vary greatly, often in relation to the size of the unit and the number of deliveries performed every year. Units with less than 1,000 deliveries a year are likely to have no trained resident staff and to have slow response times for emergencies. The units delivering between 1,000 and 4,000 babies a year should be fully equipped and provide all standard maternity services. They may require particularly high risk cases (especially involving extreme prematurity) to be moved to better equipped units.
