A PUBLIC consultation to help decide the fate of Harwich’s maternity unit will be held on Wednesday.

Health bosses temporarily closed the unit earlier this year because of staff shortages in Colchester. It later reopened as an on-demand birthing centre.

Now a consultation has been launched to help decide if the Harwich unit reopens full time for pregnant mums or remains an on-demand service.

A consultation event will be held at the Fryatt Hospital, in Dovercourt, from 10.30am to 11.30am. The consultation ends on December 10.

For more information visit www.neessexccg.nhs.uk