I personally don't have a problem turning up to someone in the throws of child birth who has no way of getting to hospital, it must be a scary situation to be in, (i refer to previous posts about not having cars, friends with cars and taxi's refusing to take them) however there have been a large number of jobs that are "expected at the unit" where mum to be has called the birthing suite and she is expected. What is more frustrating is when you get there the midwives are shocked to see you, because yes they did speak with Mrs Bloggs about ten minutes ago, but told her not to worry about coming in tonight as when she left the unit 2 hours earlier there was no need for her to be there. So even when a medical professional tells you that there is nothing to be concerned about, they ignore the advice anyway. Like it was mentioned before, 99% of the time we don't pay any attention. Good idea about the maternitaxis though, that would make things a bit easier. Another idea might be for the midwives to get on scene for the birth rather than 45 minutes after like they have managed on the last 3 home births I have been on. (sorry wasn't going to rant about that, but it slipped out)