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Neither can I. In return, Burnley are going to be the centre for Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This means that any high risk pregnant women will eventually go to Burnley along with the Neonatal Intensive Care facilities. This roughly translates that local women who would normally go to Blackburn to deliver will eventually go to Burnley instead unless they have a problem free pregnancy. Therefore any woman with a high risk condition, pre-eclampsia, diabetes, placenta praevia etc will go to Burnley. Women who have had previous C Sections, premature births or other complications will also go there. It appears that there may be more local birth centres set up to handle the normal pregnancies. These changes may take a couple of years to implement. Of course, if we still had Accy Vic, Bramley Meade and Bull Hill maternity units, the changes could be implemented sooner and at less expense. Remember that these units were closed in order to save money........Looks like it's come full circle.