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Persons who provide care for women during labour and immediately after should, apart from clearly medical care, provide comfort and satisfaction to future mothers. In response to the expectations of the medical environment, non-governmental organisations and patients, the Minister of Health has issued a regulation on maternity care standards which determines individual elements of medical care aimed at welfare of the mothers and newborns. NIK’s audit reveals how the standards are complied with in hospitals during labour, and whether the conditions required by the regulations are ensured.