Premature babies are being put at unnecessary risk of infection and death in understaffed neonatal units across England, MPs said today. The Commons public accounts committee found that about 60,000 babies a year are born prematurely, about 10% of all births. Five years ago the Department of Health ordered a reorganisation of 180 neonatal units into 23 regional networks, to provide a complete range of services in each area, with rapid emergency transport facilities to ensure that each baby receives the appropriate intensity of care.
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