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Why are some NHS maternity units facing closure?

Merging units could improve safety, says NHS leader, but leave women in rural and coastal areas travelling further to give birth

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

The body snatchers: how a young Nigerian man was lured to London in an organ-trafficking plot

The long read: Daniel was working at a market in Lagos when he was given the chance to start anew in the UK. He had no idea what was expected of him in return

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

New NHS organ preservation techniques could lead to hundreds more transplants in England

Should the pilot prove successful, it would pave the way for the world's first national network dedicated to reconditioning organs

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Veronica Smith obituary

Other lives: Nurse whose experience of having to give up her child in the 1960s led her to co-found the Movement for Adoption Apology

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

Protesters target Royal Free hospital over possible closure of maternity unit

Local MP warns that changes to maternity services would be damaging for mothers and babies

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024

Plans to close north London maternity services would have 'devastating impact', warn MPs

NHS is consulting on whether to close units at Royal Free or Whittington Hospital due to 'falling birth rate' in area

Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2024

A hospital helped me and my baby at our most vulnerable. I wish I could protect it now

Many mothers feel a bond with the people who support them through childbirth: seeing them anxious about their jobs is hard to bear, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024

‘Less daunting’: inside the new education unit in north London supporting school refusers

The Royal Free hospital children’s school is running programmes at the renovated Konstam Centre in Camden

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024

Falling local birth rate could force north London maternity services to close

Maternity services at the Royal Free and the Whittington could be shut under NHS plans

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

How can any of us move on from the pandemic in the face of Boris Johnson’s contempt?

As a doctor, I will never forget those who died during Covid. Seeing Johnson lying to and dodging their families is sickening, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023