Born in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife, I was educated at the local school - 
Banff & Buchan MSP Stewart Stevenson has expressed his concern over the temporary closure of the birthing unit at Fraserburgh Hospital.
When NHS Grampian proposed closing the maternity unit at Fraserburgh in 2005, the MSP joined local campaigners on a march in Fraserburgh and met them at the Scottish Parliament when a delegation travelled down to hand in a petition to the then Health Minister, as well as raising the matter in Parliament, meeting with Ministers and speaking at Parliamentary Committees on the subject.
In addition, Mr Stevenson travelled to the Isle of Skye to view the highly successful birthing unit in Broadford and suggested to NHS Grampian that this be considered as an alternative to closure, a move which was ultimately adopted.
Commenting on this latest development, Stewart Stevenson said:
“My friends in the Fraserburgh Maternity Action Group, whom I was proud to support previously in their highly effective campaign, alerted me to this situation last week and I immediately wrote to the Chief Executive of NHS Grampian Richard Carey on the matter.
“The same arguments that prevailed in 2007 when NHS Grampian were told to think again by the former Health Minister hold good today.
“I have sought urgent assurances from NHS Grampian that there is no agenda to run down maternity provision in Fraserburgh and asked what is being done to recover the situation.”
Karen Adam is now the MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast
