Huddersfield set to lose A&E department
A campaign has been launched to try to save the Accident and Emergency Unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
A campaign has been launched to try to save the Accident and Emergency Unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
The actor Sir Patrick Stewart has tweeted his support for a campaign to save Huddersfield's A&E department. The Mirfield born star says the closure would be a "grave mistake."
The department's future is in doubt with plans being considered by the trust which runs hospitals in Huddersfield and Halifax.
It wants just one A&E department, which would be at Halifax not Huddersfield.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary is losing its A & E Dept. This is a grave mistake. https://t.co/OUVhyrIrvJ
Hundreds of campaigners have pounded Huddersfield's streets in the biggest event yet to save the town's A&E unit.
The row over the future of emergency care in Calderdale and Kirklees reached Westminster today.
A campaign has been launched to try to save the Accident and Emergency Unit at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.