As you can see Ekks, most here are very pro NHS, and although I am too proud of our health service, from experience I'm not sure if the UK is the best place to have a baby compared to other countries. I was present here at the birth of both my kids here in the UK, and was alarmed on the first occasion that there was only one midwife running back and forth between 2 ladies, and both times I found their attitudes quite uncaring. They seemed a bit stressed I've also known of 2 foreign nationals who gave birth here (1 spanish, 1 thai) and they were both appalled by a number of things, and said that what they had experienced would never have happened in their home countries.

Having said all that though, our media here do love to bash the NHS. I'm sure you'll be fine wherever you decide. A friend of mine recently delivered his wife's baby on the bathroom floor, and they're all doing fine