Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust to be dissolved
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has agreed to dissolve the scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and move key services to neighbouring hospitals.
Proposed changes pose a "serious threat to life" say campaigners
Campaigners trying to safeguard services at Stafford Hospital say they are concerned that consultant-led paediatrics will not be reviewed in the way consultant-led maternity services will be and say the full needs of the community "must be met."
The group say 50,000 people marched to show their support for acute services at Stafford Hospital last April and they gathered more than 56,000 signatures supporting them.
They say they are also concerned over what level of critical care and 24hr A&E provision will be delivered at the hospital.
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