Speakers at the event said the National Heath Service was being dismantled and said people were at the sharp end of things in rural Shropshire.
Around 70 people gathered in Castle Square in support of nurses and paramedics who are in dispute with the government over pay and conditions.
Darren Childs said: “We thought it was important that we called Ludlow people together to make that gesture of support for our health workers and our NHS. We called the vigil with only two days notice and we were worried no one would come. It was a brilliant turnout – and I think that shows just how much people care about the NHS, and also of course their support for the health workers now forced into industrial action”.
Gill George of Shropshire Defend Our NHS and a retired NHS clinician, said: "All of us at yesterday’s rally understand that there are big fights ahead of us. We know we have a fight for Ludlow Hospital and we also have to get local ambulance provision back in Ludlow and in South-West Shropshire, of course. But increasingly, we have to fight for our NHS as a whole to have a future – and we’ll be having that fight with and for NHS workers.
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