Heanor and Loscoe Town Council have written the following letter to Nigel Mills MP Heanor and Loscoe Town Council ask you to support the campaign to withdraw Chapter 4 and clause 119 of the Care Bill ( the hospital closure clause) that will make it possible to close viable hospitals without proper consultation. We believe the Clause will allow the Government to close or downgrade any hospital in the Country, with barely any consultation of local people,if the Trust is in financial difficulties nearby. They will be able to appoint an administrator to one Trust who will be able to take decisions to fast-track the closure of hospitals in another area-no matter how successful or popular those hospitals are-using the unsuitable provider legislation that was designed only for insolvent Trusts. If it becomes law this Clause means that no hospital will be safe no matter how successful. Given the recent public outcry about the closure of heanor Memorial Hospital and your support for this campaign . We would hope you share our anxiety. When the Hospital is re opened , in whatever form , there could still be a threat to it with this Clause
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:18:27 +0000