Hundreds march through Bishop's Castle to show town's strength of feeling over hospital beds closure
Campaigners and residents have marched in Bishop's Castle calling for health bosses to re-open inpatient beds at their hospital.
This morning hundreds of people joined a march in the town in an effort to show the strength of feeling over the move, which they say is the abandonment of rural health services. However, that decision was postponed when the organisation said it was carrying out a review of its efforts to recruit staff for the unit, and the meeting was moved to Shrewsbury instead.
Campaigners and residents have marched in Bishop's Castle calling for health bosses to re-open inpatient beds at their hospital. "It is really important and rurality is a real issue. We are rural and public transport is poor and if you have someone ill in hospital you want to be able to visit them – happier patients heal faster.
He said:"I think the turnout today shows the strength of feeling, and I think the trust is starting to get that. There is a lot of community feeling about the hospital as well as wanting a vision for 21st century health care in Bishop's Castle. He added:"We have come a long way in a little time as a campaign and that is down to the hard work of people in the community, whether that's financially donating money to the campaign, sending emails, going out knocking doors, doing research – it has been a big community effort."
He said:"I think the excuse of being unable to recruit is a false premise because I do think it was a faulty process, which has been demonstrated locally."
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