Renewed calls are being made for the government to scrap the controversial Future Fit plans to close Telford’s A&E.
Telford & Wrekin Council wants a rethink over the plans for Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.
The Labour-led council’s cabinet member for health, Andy Burford, who will propose the motion, says the Future Fit scheme has “materially changed” since the public was consulted nearly five years ago, and factors such as the town’s growing population and the aftermath of the Covid pandemic also need to be considered.
Councillor Burford’s motion says: “This council agrees to formally ask the government under Schedule 10A of the NHS Act 2006 to reconsider its plans to close Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital A&E and move the consultant-led women and children unit to Shrewsbury. “The council is on the side of our community and it makes no sense to make Telford the largest town in England without a full 24 hour A&E and close the consultant-led women and children unit which was placed in Telford on compelling clinical need.
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