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Jan 2016
Protests over A&E closure threat at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Plans to close Huddersfield Royal Infirmary’s Accident and Emergency department have led to angry protests during a meeting to discuss the proposal.
If the plans go ahead, it could mean that patients in Huddersfield would have to travel to Wakefield, Halifax or Barnsley for emergency treatment.
The Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have said that the plan to close the A&E department, together with some other changes, will mean the smallest financial deficit for the area, and that, according to a report the preferable option is to keep emergency services open at Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax.
The report said “Let us be clear, the way in which hospital services in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield are provided simply isn’t sustainable.
“Simply going forward and accepting the status quo will not enable us to deliver the quality of care that local residents deserve, nor will it provide either of our hospitals with the financial sustainability required to deliver that care.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Paralegal, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (karenmotley@chadlaw.co.uk ), Medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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