独家：英国国家医疗服务体系联盟急性护理主任表示，为确保安全护理，服务的集中化是“不可避免的”。英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）的一位领导人警告称，在医生短缺和剖宫产率上升的背景下，英格兰多达20家妇产科将不得不关闭，以确保产妇和婴儿获得安全的护理。
Exclusive: NHS Alliance’s acute care director says centralisation of services ‘inevitable’ to ensure safe care Up to 20 maternity units in England will have to shut to ensure mothers and babies receive safe care amid shortages of doctors and rising caesarean section rates, an NHS leader has warned.
英国国家医疗服务体系联盟急性护理主任马修·霍普金斯表示，将分娩服务集中到更少的医院是“不可避免的”，也是“正确的做法”，但这将引发针对不受欢迎的变革的政治强烈反对。
Matthew Hopkins, the NHS Alliance’s director for acute care, said centralising childbirth services into fewer hospitals was “inevitable” and the “right thing”, but would lead to a political backlash against unpopular changes.