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Soames
hails future of PRH maternity services
Speaking after the visit Nicholas said; “I was really pleased to visit the
PRH’s maternity ward and I am really thrilled on behalf of all my
constituents and of all those who have campaigned so hard with the Support
the Princess Royal Hospital Campaign, and all those living in the wider area
and to say that I am
After meeting mums, babies, doctors, midwives and administrators, Nicholas
said; “Retaining these services is really vital to our community; this means
retention of the consultant-led obstetrics service and the nurse-led
neonatal service, on a networked basis with Brighton, and, as now, with
Brighton taking the highest risk mums. This is as it is today. The
midwives operate as a
“I
am proud to have such an excellent service in my constituency recognised as
some of the best performing maternity services nationally with neo-natal
outcomes that are the best in the UK. We should all be very grateful for
the work done by Duncan Selbie to formally bring all this about and I look
forward to
BSUH Chief Executive Duncan Selbie
said: “Our job is to maintain strong
and safe maternity services for the people of Mid Sussex and Brighton and
Hove City. As with all our services, we do this by keeping where and how we
provide them under constant review. Having our maternity doctors work as a
single team across the units in Haywards Heath and Brighton is a fundamental
change to the way this service is provided which I am entirely confident is
a safe and sensible way forward and the solution we have all been looking
for. “The Healthcare
Commission ranked our maternity services as the third best in England. They
are a credit to the staff who provide them and I am pleased to be able to
reward their skill and dedication with the promise of a bright and confident
future.”
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Nicholas
Soames, Mid Sussex’s MP, visited the Princess Royal Hospital’s Maternity
Services on Monday 19th January, together with Duncan Selbie, the
Chief Executive of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. 
absolutely
confident that these maternity services will now be retained in perpetuity.”
single
team between the PRH and Brighton but the obstetricians do not and it is
this that is being changed with an increase from 11 to 14 consultants over
the course of 2009.”
the
PCT giving their formal approval to this wonderful service.”
