Rugby Labour were back out in Rugby town centre on Saturday 10th December. As well as collecting more signatures in opposition to the closure of Birch Ward, we were highlighting the issues of the upcoming NHS reforms being proposed by the coalition government. These changes were not in either the Conservative or Liberal Democrat 2010 manifestos. [...]

Rugby Labour Party continue their high-profile campaign against the decision by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust to close the popular ward. Labour members will be back in Rugby town centre on Saturday 10 December inviting all concerned Rugby residents to add their voices and signatures to the petition calling on UHCW Chief Executive [...]

Rugby Labour Party members were out in force yesterday in Rugby town centre collecting signatures for their petition against the closure of Birch Ward at the Hospital of St Cross, which is happening this week – on 30 November 2011. They collected over 1,000 signatures from concerned members of the Rugby community in just three [...]

Labour members will be in Rugby’s streets from 10.00am – 1.00pm on Saturday 26 November asking people to sign a petition calling on University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust to reverse its decision to close Birch Ward at the Hospital of St Cross and confirm the hospital’s long-term future. Rugby Labour Party calls on [...]

Having seen the responses of Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative) and Councillor Jerry Roodhouse (Liberal Democrat) to the proposed closure of Birch Ward, Rugby Labour Party invites them to join us in a broad campaign against the cut. It is clear that they know their constituents will not be happy about it, but there are ways [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]