Claim: Last year almost half of maternity units in England were forced to close their doors.
Fact-check: This claim about maternity units closing is misleading - Full Fact
Verdict: 41 of the 89 nhs trusts in england that responded to an foi request were forced to close at least one of their units temporarily in 2017. 46 trusts didn't provide any information and we don't know how many individual maternity units had to close.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-09-10T00:00:00