And what happened ?

• The Children's Ward went to Blackburn
• A&E has stayed at Blackburn

It gets worse:

• Burnley's Urgent Care Centre is no longer being staffed by a specialist accident and emergency doctor overnight.
• Seven wards at Burnley General are now disused
• Pathology and mortuary services at the Burnley site are under review with no guarantee of them staying.
• Pendle Community Hospital is being reviewed for closure.
• Plans for Colne’s new Health Centre have been delayed.
• And forthcoming budget cuts mean East Lancashire NHS Hospitals are due to lose a staggering 600 staff.

If you believe that you can help save our community hospital, please download the petition, ask friends, relatives, neighbours and work colleagues to sign it and return to Pendle Labour Party at the above address. You can also help by by signing our online petition.

Please return completed petitions to The Secretary, Pendle Labour Party, 33 Carr Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7JS

Labour Party members collecting signatures for the petition in Colne and Nelson

“I ask for your patience.”

Meanwhile Pendle’s and Burnley’s MPs, who were elected on the strength of their promises about the NHS, just hope the issue will quietly go away.

There isn’t a single mention of Burnley’s A&E on Andrew Stephenson’s website. And when a Labour Party supporter wrote to him and asked him to call for a Parliamentary Debate on the issue he ducked the question.

No urgency like before the General Election.

No Parliamentary Questions on why Independent Review recommendations from last year haven’t been carried out.

Just “I ask for your patience.”

The Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition is selling off our Health Service

Pendle’s Tory MP, together with his Lib-Dem colleague in Burnley, has voted for the biggest top-down re-organisation of the NHS ever - which could delay any A&E changes by years. An outcry from medical organisations has led to some minor changes, which are being rushed through Parliament this Autumn. But the private sector is preparing to take over the NHS even before the Bill is passed. This reorganisation had no mandate and should be thrown out.

Sign Labour's petition to protect the NHS by downloading a copy or sign online