A Lincolnshire hospital is to lose part of its maternity service, despite protests. The birthing unit at Grantham hospital will close, managers have said, but antenatal and postnatal care will be ...

But hospital bosses pointed out there were only 140 births at the Grantham birthing unit in 2012 compared to 3,722 in Lincoln. The head of the CCG, Alan Kitt, insisted it was a matter of patient ...