Nesil Caliskan MP launches campaign to save birthing centre at Barking Community Hospital 

26 June 2025

 

Nesil Caliskan, the Labour MP for Barking, has criticised the local NHS on their proposal to close the birth centre at Barking Community Hospital.

The closure would mean women in Barking and Dagenham would be required to travel to Newham University Hospital, which in its last inspection was ‘requires improvement’.

Nesil Caliskan MP told us: 

“The proposals to cut services maternity services at Barking Community Hospital come as Secretary of State, Wes Streeting, announced an investigation into maternity services across the country.”

Nesil Caliskan MP for Barking has launched a campaign to save the local birth centre and is calling on residents to share their views and experiences by completing a survey.

“Expecting mothers in Barking and Dagenham deserve to give birth in a safe, local facility.

“Instead, the local NHS are proposing to direct pregnant women outside our Borough, to Newham Hospital which is currently rated ‘requires improvement.

“This indicates the scale of the problem for maternity services and the appalling state they have been left in by the previous Government.

“I have already raised my concerns in Parliament and will continue to make representations to the local NHS.”