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Reprieve urged for hospital amid fears of ‘lay-by births’
10:04am Wednesday 10th September 2008
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.
Comments (0)Maternity campaigners vent anger at health chief
10:15am Wednesday 30th July 2008
SENIOR politicians have rounded on Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, who has scuppered eleventh hour hopes of saving Malton Hospital’s maternity unit.
New chief announced for NHS trust
1:16pm Thursday 26th June 2008
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.
Baby unit new mum joins hospital fight
11:51am Thursday 8th May 2008
THE MOTHER of a baby born recently at Malton Hospital has added her weight to the campaign to save the town's maternity unit.
Maternity campaigners send out strong message
10:49am Thursday 1st May 2008
HEALTH watchdogs have visited Malton at the start of their investigation into plans to close the town's maternity wing.
New hopes for Malton Hospital's baby unit
3:42pm Wednesday 16th April 2008
THERE are dramatic new hopes that Malton Hospital's maternity unit could be saved after all, it was revealed yesterday.
New hope in fight to save baby unit
10:29am Thursday 11th October 2007
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.
Rethink plea on baby unit
10:56am Thursday 4th October 2007
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.
This is why the baby unit should stay OPEN
11:54am Thursday 6th September 2007
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.
Maternity unit: No decision
3:33pm Wednesday 25th July 2007
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.
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Army interpreter 'betrayed Britain'
Updated 9:21pm Monday 13th October 2008
An embittered Army interpreter serving in Afghanistan betrayed Britain to become a spy for Iran, a court heard.
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