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Head of obstetrics to register closure of busy hospital department (7)

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I believe the answer is:

otology

'hospital department' is the definition.
(ear department in a hospital)

'head of obstetrics to register closure of busy' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
'register' becomes 'log' (a log is a register).
'closure of' suggests the final letters.
The first letter of 'obstetrics' is 'o'.
The final letter of 'busy' is 'y'.
'o'+'to'+'log'+'y'='OTOLOGY'

(Another definition for otology that I've seen is " Branch of medicine concerned with the ear".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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