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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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NHS bosses agree to meet with campaigners over maternity row

Executives at The Betsi Cadwaladr health board have agreed to meet with campaigners trying to halt plans to end doctor led maternity services at Glan Clwyd Hospital.

More than 300 Credit: ITV Cymru Wales

The agreement came at the end of a public meeting in St Asaph Cathedral attended by more than 300 people.

The trust say they have no alternative to the plan which would see specialist services based in Bangor and Wrexham for a 12 month period. The Trust say services would then be reinstated at Glan Clwyd.

However their assurances failed to reassure many at the meeting who said they had lost confidence in the trust's decision making.

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