No, it shoudln't be in a hospital. There are many reasons why home birth can be safer than hospital birth for women with low risk pregnancies (this is not 'what I think' this is based on clinical evidence) and there are just as many reasons why some women would rather not give birth at home but still deserve a 'low risk' environment. We also know from the evidence that transfer to consultant led care happens a huge amount more when the low risk unit is on a consultant led site than if it is off site, which is why we at our unit are looking at moving ours off site as it reduces UNNECESSARY transfers. Given that midwives' threshold for transfer is fairly low as a rule, we don't transfer in for just any old thing, only for necessities. If you had more low risk birth centres away from hospitals this would actually IMPROVE outcomes and from that point of view woudl be hugely financially beneficial, but would require huge amounts of initial outlay and work.