HEALTH SERVICES IN HUDDERSFIELD AND CALDERDALE

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That this House notes the consultation on health services in Calderdale and Huddersfield being conducted by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust and the Huddersfield and South Huddersfield Primary Care Trusts; calls upon the trusts to ensure the provision of full maternity services, with midwives backed up by physicians in Huddersfield; urges the trusts to reconsider plans to transfer maternity, obstetrics and paediatric services to Calderdale Royal Hospital; and calls on them to prioritise the health and wellbeing of mothers and children by ensuring they have access to full specialist maternity services in Huddersfield.