Article: Should mums be able to have a Caesarean at all our major hospitals? From tomorrow, expectant mums in North Tyneside needing Caesarean operations and specialist care will have to travel to Wansbeck Hospital or the Royal Victoria Infirmary. Health Reporter JANE PICKEN hears both sides of the debate.(News)

Byline: JANE PICKEN

NORTH Tyneside councillor Muriel Green is a member of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which manages hospitals in North Tyneside and Northumbria:

"It's a big disappointment that these changes have been accepted and are going through, because they will cause real implications for mothers if there are problems during delivery.

"If it becomes obvious during labour that a mother needs to go to another hospital for specialist care she faces a ...

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