Say No To Latest Proposal For The Alex

Rebecca Blake says "Worcestershire Acute Hospitals (WAHT) Trust have failed Redditch people again.  Nearly 55,000 people signed the Save the Alex petition to keep A&E and Maternity in Redditch and we must not settle for their downgrade.

I hope the second option from Birmingham, due to be announced in May/June time will prove that David Cameron's promise of health care being universally available will not be broken.  People must be able to get to their A&E and if it's in Worcester many cannot".

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust released their option for the Alex this week.  After nearly 14 months of deliberation and £1.3 million later, their offer is to downgrade A&E, Maternity & Children's Services.

If later this year, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust are chosen as the provider of services at the Alex, Redditch will lose A&E, lose maternity and lose a full paediatric service.  Worcester will have one A&E, while Redditch will only have a Minor Injuries Unit.  Worcester will have full Maternity, while Redditch will only have a Midwifery Led Unit.  The sickest children will have to go to Worcester or elsewhere, as Redditch will only have a Paediatric Assessment Unit. 

Rebecca has written to NHS Worcestershire and the Redditch & Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group stating this offer is not good enough and that the NHS needs to work together to produce the best services for Redditch, not make life difficult for other providers to put together alternative options.

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