NHS officials are shutting(关闭) growing numbers of(越来越多的) birth centres in a “shocking” denial(剥夺；否认) of a woman’s right to have a midwife rather than a doctor oversee(由助产士而非医生监督) their baby’s birth, say campaigners(活动人士).
活动人士指出，NHS官员正在关闭越来越多的分娩中心，这是对女性有权选择由助产士而非医生接生这一权利的“惊人”剥夺。
Twelve birth centres – midwife-led(助产士主导的) maternity(产科；孕产) units – have closed in England since 2019. Birth centres play a key role in ensuring that women can choose whether to have their baby at a unit in a hospital run by doctors, at one where midwives are in charge, or at home.(分娩中心在确保女性能够选择在医生管理的医院单位、助产士负责的单位或家中分娩方面发挥着关键作用。)
自2019年以来，英格兰已有12家分娩中心——即助产士主导的产科单位——关闭。分娩中心在确保女性能够选择在医生管理的医院单位、助产士负责的单位或家中分娩方面发挥着关键作用。
Six units have shut permanently(永久地) since Labour came to power(上台执政) in July 2024. Four others have been closed “temporarily” for so long, up to six years, that childbirth groups fear they will never reopen.(另外四家“临时”关闭的时间长达六年之久，分娩团体担心它们永远不会重新开放。) Two other birth centres closed because the hospitals where they were based have begun to fall apart(破败；崩溃) and will remain out of action(无法运转；停用) for several years until new facilities are built.
自工党于2024年7月上台以来，已有六家单位永久关闭。另外四家“临时”关闭的时间长达六年之久，分娩团体担心它们永远不会重新开放。还有两家分娩中心关闭，是因为它们所在的医院已开始破败，在新建设施之前将停用数年。