Telford council urged to call for another independent review of controversial hospital plans

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Telford council urged to call for another independent review of controversial hospital plans
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Councillor Andy Burford describes the plans as a 'downgrade'.

The A&E department at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.

Under Future Fit proposals for Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and PRH the county's main A&E will be based at Shrewsbury, with the Telford hospital seeing its A&E replaced with an 'A&E Local'. His motion, which will go before the council's full meeting at 6pm on Thursday, states: “This council calls on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to carry out an urgent review and reversal of the Government’s downgrade plan for our health and social care services and to provide the necessary resources to ensure Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire has the health and social care services that our residents deserve.

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