West of Scotland Liberal Democrat MSP Ross Finnie has submitted a Parliamentary Motion stating the “On-Call” Status on the Vale of Leven Community Maternity Unit will cast doubts on the future viability of the unit.

Commenting Mr Finnie said:

“I have submitted a Motion in the Scottish Parliament stating my continuing doubts over the "on-call" status of the Vale of Levin’s Community Maternity Unit.

“I have grave doubts that mums to be will have the same level of confidence in an “on-call” CMU as they would have in a full time CMU.

“I urge all my fellow MSP’s to support my Motion and campaign for the retention of a 24/7 service at the Vale of Leven CMU.”

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Included Below is a copy of Ross Finnie MSP Motion on the CMU

S3M-05170 Ross Finnie (West of Scotland) (Scottish Liberal Democrats): On-call status of Community Maternity Units Undermines Their Futures— That the Parliament notes NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s decision to change the operation of the community maternity units (CMU) at the Vale of Leven Hospital and Inverclyde Royal Hospital to an on-call service at nights and weekends; believes that this will undermine the confidence of mothers-to-be in the use of the CMUs, and further believes that such a change in the operation of the CMUs is incompatible with the undertaking given by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to keep them open for a trial period of three years while concurrently running a public awareness campaign to promote and increase usage of the CMUs.