Good morning. Over the summer, doctors in the emergency department at the North Devon district hospital in Barnstaple, one of the most remote in the UK, received a crash course(速成课) on delivering a baby. Their training covered subjects nobody wants to hear about when they’re imminently(即将发生地) expecting: shoulder dystocia(肩难产), postpartum haemorrhage(产后出血), and neonatal collapse(新生儿衰竭). “I’m hoping that we won’t see such emergencies,” one doctor said. “It’s been an intense time.”
早上好。今年夏天，位于巴恩斯特珀尔的北德文郡地区医院是英国最偏远的医院之一，该院急诊科的医生们接受了一门接生速成课。培训内容涉及那些准父母最不愿在临产前听到的话题：肩难产、产后出血和新生儿衰竭。“我希望我们不会遇到这类紧急情况，”一位医生说，“这段时间一直很紧张。”
That crash course was necessary because maternity services at the hospital have been indefinitely(无限期地) suspended due to staff shortages. Other remote hospitals across the country are expected to do the same, as NHS trusts(NHS信托机构) struggle to recruit enough staff to safely deliver babies. Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that up to 20 maternity units in England could shut. The story sheds light on a maternity care crisis that has been rumbling on for years, and shows how childbirth has changed dramatically over the last decade.(这则报道揭示了一场已持续多年的产科护理危机，也展现了过去十年间分娩方式发生的巨大变化。)
这门速成课之所以必要，是因为该院产科服务已因人手短缺被无限期暂停。随着NHS信托机构难以招到足够人手来安全接生，全国其他偏远医院预计也会效仿。本周早些时候，《卫报》报道称，英格兰多达20家产科病房可能关闭。这则报道揭示了一场已持续多年的产科护理危机，也展现了过去十年间分娩方式发生的巨大变化。
The Guardian’s health policy editor(健康政策编辑), Denis Campbell, has been reporting on this story, and has covered nearly every major maternity scandal in the health service’s recent history. In today’s newsletter, he reveals the alarming(令人警觉的) stakes(利害关系) involved in this one. First, here are the headlines.
《卫报》健康政策编辑丹尼斯·坎贝尔一直在追踪报道此事，近年来卫生系统几乎每一起重大产科丑闻他都报道过。在今天的简报中，他揭示了这一事件背后令人警觉的利害关系。首先来看头条新闻。
Five big stories
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In depth: ‘If you don’t have enough doctors, you can’t run a service safely’
深度报道：“医生不够，就无法安全运转服务”
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