Labour councillors appalled by proposed ward closure at Rugby St Cross News that the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust are to close the Birch Ward at Rugby St Cross hospital from 30 November has angered Rugby Labour councillors. Birch Ward is a medical ward which currently takes Rugby GP admissions, repatriated Rugby patients [...]

As part of the national campaign against the cuts to frontline services, the TUC are organising a march in London on 26th March 2011. More details can be found at All Together for Public Services Why we  support the TUC campaign The Tory-led coalition government is not simply making cuts to reduce the deficit, they [...]

Rugby Labour Party will be in the Town Centre this weekend to collect signatures for the campaign to keep the A&E service at St Cross Hospital. The Petition will be circulating in areas around the town over the next couple of weeks, but to ensure that your support is registered, please come and join us. [...]

Two of the candidates for the Labour Leadership have already pledged their support to our campaign to oppose the reduction of Urgent Care services at St Cross Hospital. David Milliband sent a message of support last week: “I am deeply concerned by the cuts being aimed at St Cross Hospital. It is another example of [...]

Please join the new Facebook group: “St Cross Rugby – Save Urgent Care/A and E” set up to gather comments and opinions on the changes to St. Cross’ urgent care provision. We are also collecting organising a petition. Printed copies will be available for you to sign at the Fabians Launch featuring Andy Burnham on [...]

By Rob McNally Rugby is a growing town with a population of 62,000 and plans to expand rapidly in the future. However, strategically most of Warwickshire’s frontline hospital provisions are becoming centred in the West and South of the county. This new proposal to downgrade emergency care would leave Coventry as the sole provider of [...]

On the 20th of July, the Conservatives on Warwickshire County Council voted to close three of the retained fire stations in the county – Warwick, Studley and Brinklow. The Tories claim that these closures are needed to allow service improvements across Warwickshire. However, they are part of a package of  savings worth £113,000 a year [...]