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        <title>Reprieve urged for hospital amid fears of ‘lay-by births’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A NEW plea is being made to Health Secretary Alan Johnson to save Malton Hospital’s maternity unit and, according to a senior councillor, avoid mums having to give birth in lay-bys and the back of ambulances.]]></description>
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        <author>malton@ycp.co.uk | David Jeffels</author>
        

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        <title>Maternity campaigners vent anger at health chief</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SENIOR politicians have rounded on Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, who has scuppered eleventh hour hopes of saving Malton Hospital’s maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <author>malton@ycp.co.uk | David Jeffels</author>
        

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        <title>New chief announced for NHS trust</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[THE shock departure of Iain McInnes, chief executive of the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust, and its finance director Sandy Hogg, will not have any impact on the future of the maternity unit at Malton Hospital.]]></description>
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        <title>Baby unit new mum joins hospital fight</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[THE MOTHER of a baby born recently at Malton Hospital has added her weight to the campaign to save the town's maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Maternity campaigners send out strong message</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HEALTH watchdogs have visited Malton at the start of their investigation into plans to close the town's maternity wing.]]></description>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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        <title>New hopes for Malton Hospital's baby unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[THERE are dramatic new hopes that Malton Hospital's maternity unit could be saved after all, it was revealed yesterday.]]></description>
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        <title>New hope in fight to save baby unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HOPES of saving Malton's maternity unit have been raised with the publication of a new report which says mums-to-be should have more choice when it comes to having their babies.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[MALTON'S mayor, Coun Jane Ford, is to head a delegation to Westminster later this month, in the hope of winning a rethink on the future of the maternity unit at the town's hospital.]]></description>
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        <title>This is why the baby unit should stay OPEN</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A mother who gave birth to her second son at Malton maternity unit last week says NHS bosses are wrong to want to shut the popular wing.]]></description>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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        <title>Maternity unit: No decision</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[THE future of Malton maternity unit will be decided by the Secretary of State after a decision was again deferred at the NHS Trust board meeting yesterday.]]></description>
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        <title>Last minute chance for baby unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the maternity unit at Malton Hospital were thrown an eleventh-hour lifeline yesterday by health chiefs.]]></description>
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        <title>Hopes high for victory over baby unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HOPES are high that the Gazette &amp; Herald-led campaign to save Malton Hospital's maternity unit could end in success in the next few weeks.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Baby unit open for business again</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MALTON maternity unit is open again for births - but staffing pressure still means deliveries could be stopped at any time.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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        <title>Huge public response delays maternity decision</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[STAFF at Malton Hospital and mums-to-be in Ryedale will have to wait until June for a decision on the future of its maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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        <author>malton@ycp.co.uk | David Jeffels</author>
        

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        <title>MP adds weight to campaign to stop the close of maternity unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[AN MP has spoken out about the threat to maternity services at Malton Hospital.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
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        <title>Future is still bleak for Malton maternity unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WHILE the future of Malton maternity unit hangs in the balance, NHS bosses still don't have enough midwives to deliver babies at the hospital.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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        <title>Baby unit is closed by 'staff problems'</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MALTON maternity unit is closed for deliveries, sparking fears that health chiefs have already shut the popular wing by the back door.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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        <title>Fight for maternity unit gets Council backing</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[RYEDALE councillors gave their official backing to the campaign to save Malton maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <title>Your last chance to save Malton baby unit</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[THE fight to save Malton maternity unit will reach its climax at a crucial public meeting next week.]]></description>
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        <title>Mum champions home births as a great option</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With the option to give birth at Malton Maternity Unit under threat, mums in Ryedale are facing a stark choice between a long drive to hospital in York or Scarborough, or a home birth.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>More voices added to calls to save maternity services</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TWO Ryedale town councils this week called for a rethink on the controversial plan to axe deliveries at Malton Hospital's maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <title>Mum backs bid to fight maternity cuts</title>
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        <description><![CDATA["IT would be an absolute tragedy if we lost Malton Maternity Unit."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <author>claire.metcalfe@ycp.co.uk | Claire Metcalfe</author>
        

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        <title>2,000 signature Gazette &amp; Herald petition handed to health chiefs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HEALTH chiefs leading a move to scale down Malton's maternity wing have been handed a bundle of 2,000 signatures opposing the plans.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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        <title>Time to hand in your petition</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[READERS are urged to hand in their petition forms for the final push in the campaign to save Malton Hospital maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Reader and journalist HANNAH CHITTOCK was so moved by the Birth Right campaign to preserve the right of local women to have the choice of giving birth at a local hospital that she wanted to share her own experience.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[SHOPPERS in Malton are rallying around the fight to save Malton's maternity unit.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA["Outrage hardly begins to describe my reaction to the claims made by the head of maternity and lead matron in last week's Gazette &amp; Herald.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[SUPPORT is growing fast for Birth Right, the Gazette &amp; Herald's campaign to save the maternity unit at Malton, Norton and District Hospital.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[RYEDALE District Councillor Lindsay Burr, who gave birth to her daughter Sophie at Malton Hospital, says she is completely on board the Birth Right Campaign, and will do whatever it takes to keep Malton's maternity unit open.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[SARAH BANKS was shocked to say the least when she gave birth to her second son William on the floor of her home with no mid-wife present in July.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[JENNIFER KAY from Settrington says her experience of giving birth to her daughter Aurelia-Denys at Scarborough Hospital was so traumatic and unsatisfactory that she checked herself out against medical advice.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[SAM EDWARDS had the best experience she possibly could have giving birth to her daughter Tabitha at Malton Hospital in July.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA["Hands off Malton maternity unit!"]]></description>
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        <author>gazette@ycp.co.uk | Lynn Brown</author>
        

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