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Future Of Rossendale General Hospital

EDM number 341 in 1995-96, proposed by Janet Anderson on 25/01/1996.

That this House is appalled at the proposal of Burnley Healthcare Trust to cut 70 jobs, remove 31 beds, close one ward and introduce mixed wards at Rossendale General Hospital; questions why the Trust should contemplate such action at a time when patients are being turned away through lacks of beds; understands that a recent survey revealed no complaints whatsoever about Rossendale General; is concerned at suggestions that the cuts will particularly affect nursing staff and that there may possibly be redundancies at sister level; believes that the proposal has everything to do with cutting costs and nothing to do with patient care, as was apparently confirmed by the Chief Executive, Mr David Chew, in his recent meeting with staff at the hospital; considers that it is quite wrong for patients to be put at risk as a result of financial imperatives; and urges Burnley Healthcare Trust to take urgent action to resolve its financial difficulties by some other means.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Janet Anderson25/01/1996Rossendale & DarwenProposed
Peter Pike25/01/1996BurnleySigned
Gordon Prentice25/01/1996PendleSigned
Greg Pope25/01/1996HyndburnSigned
Dennis Skinner26/01/1996BolsoverSigned
Lynne Jones26/01/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Bill Michie26/01/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Harry Barnes26/01/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Roy Hughes29/01/1996Newport EastSigned
Alan Meale29/01/1996MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke29/01/1996MidlothianSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/01/1996LeighSigned
Norman Godman29/01/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Robert Wareing29/01/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
John Cummings30/01/1996EasingtonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/01/1996Islington NorthSigned
Michael Connarty30/01/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Keith Bradley30/01/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ken Livingstone30/01/1996Brent EastSigned
Bridget Prentice30/01/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Robert Parry30/01/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
James Callaghan30/01/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Tony Banks31/01/1996Newham North WestSigned
Keith Vaz31/01/1996Leicester EastSigned
Mike Hall31/01/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Jean Corston31/01/1996Bristol EastSigned
Michael Clapham31/01/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Eddie Loyden31/01/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alan Simpson01/02/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Neil Gerrard01/02/1996WalthamstowSigned
Jack Thompson01/02/1996WansbeckSigned
Dennis Turner01/02/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Max Madden05/02/1996Bradford WestSigned
Audrey Wise06/02/1996PrestonSigned
Terry Rooney08/02/1996Bradford NorthSigned

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