UK News 28-04-2005 who: Health Secretary John Reid what: Imposes "special measures" on maternity department after 10 mothers die in three years where: Northwick Park Hospital, HARROW - HA1 when: Last Thursday snippet: "The measures were imposed after unannounced spot checks earlier this month by the health service inspectorate, the Healthcare Commission, showed that long-term problems in the unit had not been solved," reports The Telegraph. The paper says the death rate in the department was six times the national average. Elsewhere, The Times reports on the story of teenage mum Stacy Dow, who had an abortion at Perth Royal Infirmary after discovering she was pregnant with twins and is now suing the NHS for £250,000 because one of the twins survived. In other gynecological news, The Times says experts from Edinburgh University`s reckon postnatal depression "is a throwback to the cavewoman era". [... more]

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