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 ...

Hospital bosses said there were only 100 births at the unit from April 2011 to March 2012 compared to almost 4,000 in Lincoln. All antenatal and postnatal care would remain in Grantham, the NHS said.