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Letter to
the Editors of the Mid Sussex Times and East Grinstead Courier re Fit for
the Future proposals
Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames has written the following letter to local
newspapers as the 'Fit for the Future' process enters its closing stages: 2nd
May 2008 Dear Editor, As we move into the closing stages of the Primary Care
Trust’s deliberations on the Fit for the Future consultation and in
particular on the future of the Princess Royal Hospital, I thought it was an
appropriate moment to write on behalf of the Support the Princess Royal
Hospital Campaign to say how magnificent has been the support of local
people in defence of their much treasured and greatly valued health
services. I really believe that the Campaign has put forward a
very solid, measured and positive response to the consultation and we now
await with great anticipation, the decisions that are to be taken over the
next weeks and months. It is my strongly held view that people in Mid Sussex
will not feel safe without access to an A&E that they can reach within a
reasonable time. They would definitely prefer to have their babies in a
local hospital, which frankly means maintaining a full maternity unit, and
when a baby is born or someone is taken ill in the night, the family wants
to be able to visit the next day without making a long round trip, being
unable to park and having great difficulty getting there and back. These
are human needs and the PCT and the Strategic Health Authority need to grasp
them and understand them. Over 71,900 people from Mid Sussex have signed the
petition and twenty one thousand people came together in two memorable
marches to stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of the PRH. We expect very strongly held local wishes to be
respected and our health services retained and indeed expanded. Yours sincerely, Nicholas Soames |
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