MP CALLS ON PATIENTS TO JOIN LEGAL CHALLENGE


Visit and bring me my mail in the mornings and tell me the news so I was in touch.

"We need to get geared up again now and do something about it. I'm highly disappointed with the PCT."

East Riding Council's NHS overview and scrutiny committee will be discussing the decision at its meeting at County Hall, Beverley, tomorrow. It has been added to the agenda as an urgent item.

Anyone who would have been admitted to the inpatient ward at Hornsea will instead have to be treated at home or at another hospital. The trust has announced it will open three more beds at Withernsea Hospital and the Macmillan Wolds Unit at Bridlington.

The Mail launched its Hands Off Our Hospitals campaign when the PCT launched a review of its four community hospitals - in Hornsea, Withernsea, Bridlington and Driffield - in December 2004. There are now fears further service cuts are around the corner.

Withernsea Councillor Richard Stead said: "I would be devastated if this happened in Withernsea. The repercussions throughout the rural area are worrying."

Those eligible for legal aid include anyone on a means tested benefit or people with a disposable income of less than £649 a month.

Any patient who wants to support Mr Stuart's legal challenge should call his office on (01482) 679687.

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