In the first part of her study, published in the British Medical Journal last year, Ms Ashcroft said the units she studied continued to carry out high-risk procedures such as performing epidurals, despite all being short of staff.

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That sense of playfulness peeks through the rest of the home, where Ms. Thompson knitted together the units in a more conventional manner.

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Sales, in both units and dollars, continue to be "very healthy, " Ms. Sontag says.

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Ms Vose has disabled children aged 12 and 18, who use the units.

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Ms Cooper will say she also wants to see facilities for fathers improved in maternity units, to allow them to stay the night if their baby is in a special care baby unit, or to visit outside normal hours.

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Ms. Olson, appointed by Congress to protect taxpayers' interests, says the IRS has 21 units dealing with ID theft.

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