{
  "id": 16640801,
  "title": "Bigger does not always mean better in hospital care | Letter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/bigger-does-not-always-mean-better-in-hospital-care-letter",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T17:39:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/26/bigger-does-not-always-mean-better-in-hospital-care"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For some medics, working at a large centre means for the same pay you don’t have to work so hard, writes Dr Paul Godwin The closure of maternity units is always a temptation when the NHS runs into staffing problems, largely of its own making ( Up to 20 maternity units in England may have to shut, NHS leader warns, 19 October ). In my area the quality of care has already been called into question…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}