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Aug 2017

Maternity wards in England close 382 times in 2016

Data received from a Freedom of Information request has shown that 42 of 96 trusts in England temporarily closed their maternity units on 382 occasions last year. The most frequent reasons for the closures were that there were too few staff and not enough beds. The Royal College of Midwives have said that it was…

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