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Midwives warn on shocking maternity unit closures
BRITAIN’S midwives threw a warning shot to the government yesterday over the alarming extent of maternity unit closures.
Shocking figures revealed that more than half of the 121 NHS trusts which responded to a BBC freedom of information request reported that they had been forced to close by staff and bed shortages fuelled by funding cuts.
And 12 per cent had to close their units 10 or more times.
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