Maternity services stop at Antrim hospital following concerns over some births

Maternity services at the Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn have been temporarily stopped following concerns about a small number of births (Liam McBurney/PA)

Midwifery-led maternity services at the Lagan Valley Hospital in Co Antrim are to be temporarily stopped following concerns about a small number of births at the unit.

A spokesperson for the South Eastern health and social care trust said ante-natal and post-natal services would continue at the Lisburn hospital.