Maternity services in the South East are disrupted as ambulance staff face 'significant pressure'
Maternity services are facing disruption across the South East because ambulance staff are too busy dealing with spiralling coronavirus hospitalisations. The East Sussex NHS Trust and Brighton and Sussex NHS Trust have both suspended services for home-births and their stand-alone midwife-led units because they cannot guarantee an ambulance can turn up if there is an issue. Four other trusts — all in Kent, one of the places worst-hit by England's second wave — have also paused their home-births service for the same reason. It comes as hospital chiefs warn hundreds of intensive care patie...
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