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2nd March 2005

"Listen to South Gloucestershire" MP Tells Health Chiefs

Responding to today's report by the Bristol Health Services Plan on the future of Frenchay and Southmead hospitals, Northavon MP Steve Webb (whose constituency includes Frenchay Hospital) said:

"These plans are supposed to be about serving the whole of our area, not just Bristol. If there are to be two major acute hospitals to serve the whole area, how can it be right that the one that is downgraded is the only one in South Gloucestershire?

"In all the consultations that have been undertaken, the people of South Gloucestershire have overwhelmingly opposed the downgrading of Frenchay Hospital. When the six trusts meet on 14th March to make a final decision, it is vital that the voice of South  Gloucestershire is heard."