The Department of Health supports reconfiguration of maternity services
In response to a question from Nicholas Soames MP on Primary Care Trusts being pressed to close and diminish maternity services, particularly the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, Health Minister Ann Keen said that these changes were aimed to improve rather than downgrade the services. She emphasised that the changes were being made to ensure that children have the best possible start in life and that the Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists would agree. She also stated that any changes were happening with the consent of clinicians and the local community.
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