The future of maternity services at a Northern Ireland hospital could go out to public consultation later this week.
The Northern Health and Social Care Trust plans to seek approval from the Trust Board at its upcoming meeting to go out to public consultation on options for the future provision of acute maternity services at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.
The Northern Trust says the current configuration of maternity services in the area is "a fragile and vulnerable service model that is unsustainable".