Kent’s overview and scrutiny committee has referred to the health secretary Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust’s plans to develop a midwifery led birth unit at Maidstone Hospital before consultant led maternity services transfer to the new Pembury Hospital next year, because of “public concern”.
The committee had supported the plans in 2005.
The financial consequences of halting proposed service changes should be taken into account, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has said.
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