KEEP HOPE MATERNITY OPEN MEETING

The Keep Hope Maternity Open Group invites you to a public meeting where we will
discuss the case for retaining full maternity services at Salford Royal NHS
Foundation Trust and debate the issues concerning the reconfiguration of maternity
services.

We are very close to decision time and we feel it is important that all the stakeholders involved come together to raise their concerns.

The meeting is to be held on Saturday 27th November, 2- 4pm at the St James Church Hall, Hope.

The Health Minister, Andrew Lansley, requested a review of the “Making it Better” decision made in 2006/7 in July of this year, setting out the 4 criteria, which needed to be met. He also met with us on the 17th September 2010, when he visited the Pendleton Gateway. Following that meeting he clearly stated on air that:
“We need to respect the choices that patients, or in this case for maternity services, mothers to be themselves, would make about where they want services to be provided to them. It needs to be clinically safe.”

Privately, he also told us that he did not understand why it had to be 13 maternity units reduced to 8 units and why it couldn’t be 9 units, especially as SRFT was one of the best performing Trusts in the country.


If you are not able to attend personally, a nominee would be welcome, as this is possibly the last opportunity to debate the issues which are very important to the families in Salford.


Kind regards





www.keephopematernityopen.com
Please view the facebook page and the online petition to get a flavour of the views of Salford Families.