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15,000 signature petition against north Wales maternity downgrade handed in

Campaigners have delivered a 15,200 signature petition to the Senedd today. Consultant-led maternity services will be temporarily removed from Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Denbighshire and will be centralised at two other hospitals in Wrexham and Bangor. It follows concerns over staffing and patient safety

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Proposals to reorganise maternity services in north Wales

ITV Wales understands consultant led care for complex births could be reorganised temporarily in north Wales if plans are approved at a health board meeting later today.

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The issue revolves around obstetrics services with a view that services are currently being spread thinly and are reliant on locum doctors. More details are expected to emerge later.

It would mean some pregnant women in north Wales would have to travel further for care.

Last month ITV Wales revealed plans to reorganise services in the area with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board saying some services needed to be provided on fewer sites.

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