Maternity units 'under threat'
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Forty-three maternity units across the UK are under threat, the Conservatives have warned.
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The closings of a well-known Takoma Park midwifery practice and a Bethesda birth center have sparked an outcry from some Washington area women who say they're disturbed by the dwindling number of opportunities to give birth outside a hospital or with a midwife's help.
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A firm providing phone and TV services to hospital patients has been accused of pressurising vulnerable people.
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Neonatal units in England are having to close their doors to new admissions once a week on average because of staff shortages, a watchdog says.
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More should have been done to help the NHS cope with a rise in foreign mothers using maternity services, the Tories say.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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A hospital says it may have to ask a court to decide whether to continue treating a seriously-ill baby.
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The risk of death to newborns delivered by voluntary Caesarean section is much higher than previously believed, a new study indicates.
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The NHS faces a fragile future because of a growing reliance on agencies and foreign workers, nurses&#39; leaders warned yesterday.
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Action Medical Research claims that babies' lives are being put at risk by a lack of government funding.
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Â· Tories urge maternity revolutionÂ· Pledge raises fear of 'nanny state'
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The majority of deaths of newborn babies in Scotland could not have been avoided, a study finds.
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Twenty-three consultants at a west Wales hospital attack say bed cuts are causing 'significant difficulties'.
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PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - The British parents of a sickly premature infant are fighting a hospital in Portsmouth that has asked permission to not revive their baby if she again stops breathing.
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Health centres staffed by trained   midwives are the key to reducing maternal deaths in poor   countries where more than half a million women die each year   giving birth.
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An independent review of maternity services has highlighted huge variations in the quality of care.