12:28pm Monday 2nd March 2009
By Paola Dellafiora
More than 1,000 letters calling on the Prime Minister to step in and save Hemel Hempstead hospital were delivered to Downing Street on Wednesday.
Kings Langley’s MP Mike Penning led hospital campaigners to deliver the letters collected from special post boxes around the borough for the Big No campaign.
Mr Penning said the response to the campaign had been ‘fantastic’.
He said: “I call on the Prime Minister to read some of these letters to fully appreciate what the closure of our hospital will mean to local people. This is so much more than a petition - each person has had to take time to sit down and think through their concerns and worries.”
Campaign organiser Jan Maddern added: “It was a great honour to be taking all these letters to Downing Street. I’d also like to thank everyone who took the time to write a letter. This is a very clear demonstration of local feeling towards the closure of our hospital and the way that our views on the matter have been consistently ignored.”
The A&E, stroke unit, cardiac unit and intensive care are all either closed already or due to close next month.
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