UK paying for 'migrant baby boom'

When Labour came to power, the NHS spent around =A31bn a year on
maternity services, with one baby in eight delivered to a foreign-born
mother.

Ten years on, spending has risen to =A31.6bn, with almost one baby in
four delivered to a mother born overseas.

While the number of babies born to British mothers has fallen by
44,000 a year since the mid-1990s, the figure for babies born to
foreign mothers has risen by 64,000 - a 77% increase which has pushed
the overall birth-rate to its highest level for 26 years.

In central London, where six out of every 10 babies born has a foreign-
born mother, senior consultants and health managers blame the lack of
resources to deal with the pressures of migration for unacceptably
poor standards.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7215624.stm