Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 7 March 2017.
Janet Finch-Saunders
Conservative
2:10,
7 March 2017
First Minister, you will be aware of the massive campaign a couple of years ago to ensure that we had appropriate midwifery services and a consultant-led maternity ward at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. We previously welcomed the development proposals for the sub-regional neonatal intensive care centre, and it would be really appreciated if you could just update Members here today as to how well that is progressing and how that will lead to providing a first-class consultant-led midwifery service to us in north Wales.
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