There is much concern tonight that we are on the cusp of cuts to our local NHS services as a result of forced cuts being imposed on the Medway Primary Care Trust.
Labour councillors in Rochester East ward and colleagues across Medway will be launching a petition against the closure of blood testing facilities at Rochester Healthy Living Centre in Delce Road
The Conservative MP has remained totally silent, which is quite frankly a major concern, given this is a key service to local Rochester residents, and indeed he remains the serving Councillor for Rochester West.
We need all our local and national politicians to be 100% engaged in the saving of the facility. Leaving it to a few local Councillors and getting a few friendly pharmacists to do the leg work is lazy politics.
Labour and the former Parliamentary candidate are ready to fight these cuts. Where is Cllr Mark Reckless?
The petition will be launched at the surgery of Cllr Teresa Murray and Cllr Nick Bowler and will be held at 10.30 to 12 noon on Saturday 12th March at St Peter’s parish centre in Delce Road
Cllr Murray said
“I have written to the chief executives of NHS Medway and the Medway Maritime Trust to complain about this disgraceful cut in local services which affects people across the whole of Rochester. To date I have received no reply. It’s part of a hidden Tory agenda of NHS cuts and there has been no public consultation. The healthy living centre in the Delce is very popular with excellent new facilities and people have been able to get blood tests done there on demand for years.”
Cllr Nick Bowler said
” People in our ward are being disadvantaged, they will now be much more restricted when they want a blood test and will have to travel further and wait longer causing extra expense and inconvenience.”
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