MP QUESTIONS MATERNITY CHANGES

Eastbourne MP Nigel Waterson has questioned proposals to downgrade maternity in the light of a report of the Healthcare Commission which shows that local mothers are very happy with the existing arrangements.

Today’s report of a national maternity patient survey states that 90% of pregnant women using the DGH or the Conquest rate the level of care as “excellent”, “very good” or “good” during pregnancy and 88% during labour and birth.

Nigel commented: “These findings are a great tribute to the quality of existing maternity services in our area. Clearly local mums are very happy with the care they are getting. It makes you wonder why NHS bosses are so intent on changing things. There is an old saying: ‘If it ain’t broke, why fix it?’”

27 November 2007