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  "id": 15585421,
  "title": "NHS leader: Maternity units delivering fewer than 2,000 babies may have to close",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/nhs-leader-maternity-units-delivering-fewer-than-2-000-babies-may",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sky News",
    "slug": "sky-news",
    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-leader-maternity-units-delivering-fewer-than-2000-babies-may-have-to-close-13600867"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Smaller maternity units, typically those delivering fewer than 2,000 babies a year, may need to close to protect patient safety, an NHS leader has warned.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Up to 20 maternity units in England may have to shut, NHS leader warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/up-to-20-maternity-units-in-england-may-have-to-shut-nhs-leader-warns",
        "published": "2026-10-19T05:00:19.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}