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HEALTH bosses defended plans to hold baby clinics in supermarkets.
New mothers and mums-tobe could go to superstores for check-ups as part of a shake-up of maternity services in north Essex.
Ivan Henderson, a district councillor for Harwich who is battling proposals to close or downgrade Harwich and Clacton's maternity units, branded the latest move ridiculous.
NHS spokesman Carol Wood said: ?The feedback we have had is people want to be able to fit maternity services in with their busy lives. Many women tell us getting to hospital is not necessarily convenient.
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/...s_plans_to_give_birth_advice_in_supermarkets/
New mothers and mums-tobe could go to superstores for check-ups as part of a shake-up of maternity services in north Essex.
Ivan Henderson, a district councillor for Harwich who is battling proposals to close or downgrade Harwich and Clacton's maternity units, branded the latest move ridiculous.
NHS spokesman Carol Wood said: ?The feedback we have had is people want to be able to fit maternity services in with their busy lives. Many women tell us getting to hospital is not necessarily convenient.
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/...s_plans_to_give_birth_advice_in_supermarkets/