Local MP Norman Baker will meet with representatives of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel in order to give them evidence as part of their review of the proposals by East Sussex Downs & Weald and Hastings & Rother Primary Care Trusts to reconfigure their maternity services.
If implemented, such proposals would result in maternity services at the Eastbourne District General Hospital being moved to the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.
Speaking on the issue, Norman said: "I have always been clear that I am against any attempt to scale down the maternity services at the Eastbourne DGH, and as such I welcome the opportunity to give evidence to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.
"I find it unacceptable that the local Primary Care Trusts want to concentrate maternity services in Hastings, as this would mean that expectant mothers, such as my constituents in Seaford may have to travel long distances to get to the maternity ward, with all the added dangers and stress that this creates.
"The maternity services at the Eastbourne DGH are valued immensely by the local community, both in Eastbourne and further afield in my constituency, and I will do what I can to prevent their loss."
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