A Conservative government would aim to provide a dedicated maternity nurse for every new mother in their home for up to six hours a day in the first week after the baby's birth under radical plans to transform UK maternity care. In a major shift in direction, which will prompt charges that the Tories are embracing the 'nanny state', David Cameron has told his front bench to examine plans that would lead to the appointment of thousands of new maternity nurses. He is impressed by a ground-breaking Dutch system under which nurses have a range of duties in the first week after birth.
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