English concerned about health risks related to cord blood...

According to an article in The Sun, some in England are getting a little worried about the collection of cord blood. As the popularity of cord blood banking increases, there is some controversy among the Brits. Some argue that the likelihood of anyone benefiting directly from storage is minimal. That's an old argument with both sides making some good points. More interesting is this slant on the issue: the danger associated with the actual collection of cord blood. Sound far-fetched? This is what appeared in The Sun (by the way, the whole article is here):

"The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said that taking the blood may distract midwives from the care of mothers and babies and jeopardise their health in an already overstretched system."

Talk about overstretching...In my estimation that argument is an overstretch. There may be some powerful arguments about cord blood banking and its benefits, but this seems more like an argument about Britain's health care system needing improvement than an indict on storing umbilical blood and its stem cells, to me.