Code of conduct. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. More than a0 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, according to data from the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a Freedom Of Information Request said theyd shut Maternity Wards temporarily on 382 occasions. The most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. But the government says the numbers are misleading. Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes has more. For some years, Maternity Units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. The Royal College of midwives says theres a shortfall of around 3,500. Now, based on a Freedom Of Information Request, labour says a growing number of Maternity Units are closing doors to new mothers. In england, 136 nhs trusts offer Maternity Services. Last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. There were 382 separate locations where units were closed, up b
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Im afraid, which is why we have got a problem. I would like to see the Prime Minister out every day with a press conference, making sure the absolutely getting through, because that is the most crucial thing. It comes as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than 500,000 people over the age of 80 are invited to Mass Vaccination Centres. Rescue teams in indonesia have found the black box flight recorders for the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the sea shortly after take off. 62 people were on board. President trump will face impeachment proceedings this week for the second time, accused of inciting the storming of congress. And a special report from south africa following the people committed to saving one of the worlds most endangered and trafficked creatures the pangolin. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Here in the uk, the Health Secretary, matt hancock has said the nhs could soon be overwhelmed by the spread of coronavirus an
Shut, pubs closed, some parts of the country are deserted again. But there is also reel concern in government, that not everybody is following the new lockdown in the strict stay at home message. The government rules only are one part of this, what really matters is what every person does, because that is how the virus spreads, we could all do something to help, which is to stay at home, because every time you try to flex the rules, that could be fatal. The Health Secretary didnt rule out taking extra measure, because the real concern among experts about the Health Service in its ability to cope with the rising number of cases. We will go over on three. These pictures from londons University College hospital give a sense of just how University College hospital give a sense ofjust how much strain hospitals are under. It was bad in march, it is much worse now, we have seen record numbers cross the board, record numbers of cases and hospitalisations, record numbers of deaths. We are now i