Taking the pulse
This morning is a very important one in the life of the people of Newmarket. The future of the local hospital is being considered by the Health Scrutiny Committee at Suffolk County Council. I shall be present and will speak.
Suffolk’s NHS is in a huge financial crisis. They want to remove community beds from local hospitals in the county. However, the hospital in Newmarket is only eleven years old and provides very valuable diagnostic, therapeutic and outreach care. The town’s GPs want to establish a facility on site. This would provide a seamless range of primary and intermediate care facilities, including step-down beds, which is exactly what current NHS opinion favours. A long and hard battle has been fought, hugely demoralising to the wonderful caring staff at the hospital.
We read about hospital closures……this is always a matter of vital concern to the local community. Let us hope that commonsense prevails today.