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Background  No midwifery-led units existed in Ireland before 2004. The aim of this study was to compare midwife-led (MLU) versus consultant-led (CLU) care for healthy, pregnant women without risk factors for labour and delivery.    Methods  An unblinded, pragmatic randomised trial was designed, funded by the Health Service Executive (Dublin North-East). Following ethical approval, all women booking prior to 24 weeks of pregnancy at two maternity hospitals with 1,300-3,200 births annually in Ireland were assessed for trial eligibility.1,653 consenting women were centrally randomised on a 2:1 ratio to MLU or CLU care, (1101:552). 'Intention-to-treat' analysis was used to compare 9 key neonatal and maternal outcomes.    Results  No statistically significant difference was found between MLU and CLU in the seven key outcomes: caesarean birth (163 [14.8%]  vs  84 [15.2%]; relative risk (RR) 0.97 [95% CI 0.76 to 1.24]), induction (248 [22.5%]  vs  138 [25.0%]; RR 0.90 [0.75 to 1.08]), episiotomy (126 [11.4%]  vs  68 [12.3%]; RR 0.93 [0.70 to 1.23]), instrumental birth (139 [12.6%]  vs  79 [14.3%]; RR 0.88 [0.68 to 1.14]), Apgar scores < 8 (10 [0.9%]  vs  9 [1.6%]; RR 0.56 [0.23 to 1.36]), postpartum haemorrhage (144 [13.1%]  vs  75 [13.6%]; RR 0.96 [0.74 to 1.25]); breastfeeding initiation (616 [55.9%]  vs  317 [57.4%]; RR 0.97 [0.89 to 1.06]). MLU women were significantly less likely to have continuous electronic fetal monitoring (397 [36.1%]  vs  313 [56.7%]; RR 0.64 [0.57 to 0.71]), or augmentation of labour (436 [39.6%]  vs  314 [56.9%]; RR 0.50 [0.40 to 0.61]).    Conclusions  Midwife-led care, as practised in this study, is as safe as consultant-led care and is associated with less intervention during labour and delivery.    Trial registration number  ISRCTN:  ISRCTN14973283

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Comparison of midwife-led and consultant-led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the Republic of Ireland: a randomised trial