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MP
SLAMS PCT RECOMMENDATION
Local
MP Nigel Waterson has hit out at the recommendation
of NHS bosses that there should be a single
maternity unit in Hastings, with a midwife-led
unit only at Eastbourne DGH. The decision is
to be made by a joint board committee on 20
December.
Nigel said: “This is a
shock but not a surprise. The NHS bureaucrats
have long pushed for a downgrade of maternity
at the DGH. Indeed, over a year ago, the Medical
Director Dr. David Scott announced on TV that
a ‘single site solution’ is what
would happen.”
“This is far from the
end of our battle. Local residents are now relying
on the non-executive directors on the PCT’s
to speak up for the needs of local people. And
if they cannot support maternity on two sites,
they should decline to make a decision. Anything
else would be a gross betrayal of the local
community.”
“Health ministers would
like to portray this as a local decision; they
should be forced to take the final decision,
and be willing to try to justify it.”
13
December 2007
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