Exclusive: Up to 20% of England’s 147 consultant-led units need to shut due to doctor shortage,says obstetricians’ leaderUp to one in five hospital maternity units where consultants supervise births needs to shut in order to ensure mothers in labour receive better care, the leader of Britain’s obstetricians and gynaecologists has said.
Between 10% and 20% of obstetric units across England should travel because serious shortages of maternity doctors means dangerously stretched staff spend too little time with mothers-to-be, and whose care may then suffer,Dr David Richmond told the Guardian in an interview.
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Source: theguardian.com