The health secretary, Alan Johnson, yesterday chose the eve of a bank holiday weekend to announce the closure of a series of maternity units across the Greater Manchester area. Among the units to be axed is the one at Hope hospital, which is in the Salford constituency of Mr Johnson's cabinet colleague, the communities secretary, Hazel Blears. Its threatened closure last year prompted Ms Blears to break with the government and join a picket line in protest. However, the group which advised Mr Johnson recommended that Ms Blears's constituency should still have a stand-alone midwifery unit.
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