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A pop-up birthing centre that would have seen maternity services return to Rochdale for the first time in nearly a decade will not open in the ‘near future’.The facility - for women having low-risk pregnancies - was due to open at Rochdale Infirmary after bosses signed off on a 12-month trial last year.Expectant mums in Rochdale have had to travel to Oldham to give birth since the former maternity unit was closed down in 2011.But the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has led to the plans being shelved until further notice.The news comes as a blow to Friends of Rochdale Maternity Care (FRMC) and others who have campaigned to bring services back to the borough.Simon Mehigan, director of midwifery at the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), has.

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