Today’s Manchester Evening News has obtained the timetable for the closure of the Greater Manchester maternity units condemned by the Labour Government. Maternity and neo-natal services at Salford Royal Hospital are planned to cease in “late 2010″.
This is still an absolutely hopeless decision which will have a huge effect on the welfare of local residents across the Salford area. Unfortunately our Labour Council seem to have complied with their Government colleagues and given up - here’s what Council Leader John Merry had to say to the MEN:
“I will be looking for assurances the necessary arrangements will be in place before any changes happen”
You tell ‘em, John!
Unlike Salford Labour, Salford Conservatives have made it clear that we have not given up on retaining maternity and neo-natal services at Salford Royal Hospital. There is one final chance for local residents to save these vital services. Before the end of 2010, Gordon Brown will have to call a General Election. At that General Election - most likely to be held in spring 2009 or spring 2010 - local residents will have the opportunity to elect a Conservative Government committed to preserving the district hospitals and maternity units currently on Labour’s death row.
We Apologise For The Delay