Mums say they are worried over plans to move all births away from Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.
Laura Magee says she's concerned about how far away Antrim would be for those who get bad newsA woman who had a stillbirth has said she is concerned about plans to move hospital births from Causeway Hospital in Coleraine to Antrim Area Hospital."Finding out that news is such a shock and I was lucky I was only a few miles away from home and from family," the 34-year-old told BBC News NI.
"Myself and my colleagues are very concerned that if the status quo continues we could very likely have a scenario where there is an unplanned and unexpected collapse in services," he said. He said while clinicians felt there needed to be changes to how births were handled, prenatal and antenatal services "would actually be enhanced under the proposals".Image caption,Rachel Smyth from Portstewart does not drive and said that meant transport could be an issue.Mother-of-three Heidi Wright from Portrush said she was concerned about the length of time it would take to travel to Antrim.
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