Thursday 18 October 2007

Leicester: Protest at hospital plan collapse

Dozens of patients from Leicestershire and Rutland have been turned away from an NHS Trust board meeting where they planned to demand answers about the future of local healthcare - reports the BBC.

Their main concern is the collapse of a £700m plan to revamp Leicester's three city hospitals, which has been abandoned amid claims that the plan was becoming too expensive.

Zuffar Haq, chairman of the Leicester Patients' Group, said the government's vow to consult the public about healthcare was simply not happening.

Earlier in the year the trust also said it was looking to cut hundreds of posts to make budget savings.

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