Maternity at West Cumberland:

People of all political persuasions and none, including myself obviously, here in West Cumbria have been campaigning to keep services at West Cumberland Hospital and exercising our rights to say so under the terms of the consultation now under way.

The Prime Minister has written to the local MP explaining what she has been advised the "success regime" think about the maternity proposals as you can read here.

This does not mean that individual members of her party are required to support the "success regime" proposals where we think they are not in the interests of the area and I hope and suspect local residents in West Cumbria will step up the pressure.