Extra midwives are to be recruited for Northampton General Hospital, using £1.75 million of NHS funding to ensure every woman can choose a home birth.
The funding was revealed by NHS managers in their far-reaching health plan for the next 12 months, which will cost at least £7.5 million.
A total of £1.75 million will be spent on the maternity departments at Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital.
Most of the money will be ploughed into hiring midwives to ease stretched services and will allow women to choose where they give birth, which is a key Government priority.
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