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  This is, very sadly, not a surprise as the last "public" meeting was at great pains to extol the savings they would make if they did not have to bother with a birthing unit. The big lie was that people had "voted with their feet" to use Ashford or Margate (despite not being given much choice in the matter).
  
  What we will now get is a glorified consulting room with very little more than the newer doctors surgeries. This means the busiest port in the country had better not have an accident in bad weather or we will see the spectacle of injured people in ambulances (or if possible a helicopter) negotiating a blocked motorway system to be dispersed around the country. If we suffer a major "incident" the press will have a field day and, quite rightly, shower abuse on Dover's lack of foresight.
  
  For the average family it will mean more days spent travelling in order to see relatives and friends in hospital (with more working days lost) all at a cost. The only positive is that some might get to see their consultants in Dover, if they can fit in an appointment on the days they are in Dover rather than one of the real hospitals.

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