The A&E service is currently only active during the day. Credit: ITV West Country
Plans to close Cheltenham Hospital’s A&E department have been delayed. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital NHS Trust was due to announce the start of a consultation today, and instead has announced that it will “temporarily pause the start of this process.”
Plans were announced last week (Friday 2 August) that the service will be closing. Credit: ITV West Country
The move comes after widespread outcry from local residents and local MP Alex Chalk, after he leaked details of the plans on Friday (2 August) last week.
Alex Chalk had called out the “bad proposal” for being “cynical and completely wrong.”
Local MP, Alex Chalk, has started a petition to oppose the proposal. Credit: ITV West Country
Local Councillor, Tim Harman, also released a statement today calling the proposals a “complete betrayal” of the NHS Trust’s previous promise. He said:
Alex Chalk has since responded to the news:
The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gave the following statement today:
