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The announcement follows a meeting of the health board on Tuesday (18 August).
The board is looking at potentially downgrading services at one of the area's three district hospitals. In January of this year, plans were approved to downgrade maternity care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire. However, those behind the decision backed down following criticism. This prompted the rethink at Tuesday's meeting. It has been said that the problems stem from a shortage of doctors.
Commenting on the consultation plans, Interim Chief Executive Simon Dean, explained: "The Board recognised that any prospect of changing services will be emotive, particularly when these proposals for changes relate to maternity services.
"Our own senior doctors and nurses have raised their very real concerns, and so have senior clinical leaders from across the UK, about the safety of the maternity service in its current form. This is caused by the great difficulties we face recruiting the medical staff we need to run the service, due to the national lack of doctors.
"We would not be proposing any temporary change unless we felt the risks to mothers and babies were becoming unmanageable. We need to balance the risk to mothers and babies of keeping the service as it is against the risks there might be with a temporary change."
He added: "I must stress that any changes will be temporary, and will last for as short a time as it takes for us to ensure we have a stable service across North Wales. This is important both to ensure that we can offer a safe maternity service and to support the development of the Sub Regional Neo Natal Unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital."
The consultation is intended to raise awareness and understanding of the current position and to give as many people as possible the opportunity to submit their own views. Some work has already taken place with regard to new temporary changes, with the Health Board understood to have identified a preferred option. However, it has said that any decisions it makes will be "fully informed" by the evidence and feedback received from the consultation.
A final decision will be taken in November.
(JP)
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Maternity Services To Be Reviewed By Health Board
A Health Board in Wales has confirmed it is to launch a public consultation regarding temporary changes to women's and maternity services. The consultation by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will run for six weeks, beginning 24 August.The announcement follows a meeting of the health board on Tuesday (18 August).
The board is looking at potentially downgrading services at one of the area's three district hospitals. In January of this year, plans were approved to downgrade maternity care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire. However, those behind the decision backed down following criticism. This prompted the rethink at Tuesday's meeting. It has been said that the problems stem from a shortage of doctors.
Commenting on the consultation plans, Interim Chief Executive Simon Dean, explained: "The Board recognised that any prospect of changing services will be emotive, particularly when these proposals for changes relate to maternity services.
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"Our own senior doctors and nurses have raised their very real concerns, and so have senior clinical leaders from across the UK, about the safety of the maternity service in its current form. This is caused by the great difficulties we face recruiting the medical staff we need to run the service, due to the national lack of doctors.
"We would not be proposing any temporary change unless we felt the risks to mothers and babies were becoming unmanageable. We need to balance the risk to mothers and babies of keeping the service as it is against the risks there might be with a temporary change."
He added: "I must stress that any changes will be temporary, and will last for as short a time as it takes for us to ensure we have a stable service across North Wales. This is important both to ensure that we can offer a safe maternity service and to support the development of the Sub Regional Neo Natal Unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital."
The consultation is intended to raise awareness and understanding of the current position and to give as many people as possible the opportunity to submit their own views. Some work has already taken place with regard to new temporary changes, with the Health Board understood to have identified a preferred option. However, it has said that any decisions it makes will be "fully informed" by the evidence and feedback received from the consultation.
A final decision will be taken in November.
(JP)
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