Possible Hospital Merger – Opposed By Local MP

Warrington North MP HELEN JONES has reacted angrily to leaked documents suggesting that North Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust (Warrington & Halton hospitals) could merge with Whiston hospital.   

The MP said:

“The inevitable consequence of a merger is that certain services would move out of Warrington. This is not acceptable. People want better hospital services provided locally so they can access them and so that if they are admitted to hospital their relatives can easily visit them. Unless it is to receive specialist services such as cancer treatment people do not expect to have to travel outside their locality.

“Once again the people I represent are being treated with contempt.  These plans have been kept secret and there has been no consultation with the public. It is absolutely incongruous for the chief executive and chairman of the health authority to be working without that public consultation. They ought to resign.

“I shall do all I can to prevent this merger and will be raising the matter in Parliament."