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They are expected to back permanently removing doctor-led births from the hospital.
This service was stopped in January 2010 without consultation because of managers’ safety concerns.
They say there are not enough staff to ensure sick newborns can be resuscitated.
The move would leave only midwives to deliver low risk births, about 300 out of 2,700 that currently take place at the hospital.
A public consultation ran from October to January.
The decision is not being taken this month because there are council elections on May 5.
Solihull Care Trust said it had “to avoid decisions of a sensitive or potentially political nature”.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, where a third of seats are up for election, refused to intervene in the downgrading.
NHS Birmingham East and North and Solihull NHS Care Trust will meet on May 25 to make the decision.
Dr Patrick Brooke, Medical Director of Solihull NHS Care Trust, signalled that Solihull would be left with a midwife led unit only.
He said: “The two trusts carried out a 14 week-long consultation when local people – and particularly women and their families – were asked for their views on maternity services.
“We had considerable feedback which has had to be analysed to allow us to draw up recommendations which, we believe, will improve maternity services and ensure they meet national recommendations for best practice.”
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