Hospital query
LUTTERWORTH'S MP has demanded answers on the future of the town's Feilding Palmer Hospital from a senior health minister.
Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Andrew Robathan MP referred to news that Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust had no plans for the future of the hospital.
He said: “This Government states that it considers providing treatment closer to home to be desirable. How can it then justify the reduction of services in Lutterworth, which will mean people having to travel to Leicester or Rugby for treatment?”
Ben Bradshaw, a minister in the Department of Health, said: “My information from the PCT is that there are currently no proposals such as he describes for Lutterworth, and it has decided not to go ahead with any consultation about Lutterworth in the first round of consultation on community hospitals in Leicestershire.
“If the honourable gentleman does not like its proposals, he should speak to its representatives.”
The full article contains 156 words and appears in Lutterworth Mail newspaper.
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Last Updated:
07 May 2008 4:23 PM
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Source:
Lutterworth Mail
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Location:
Market Harborough
