Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con)
I have great pleasure in presenting this petition in support of a fully used and fully utilised Cannock Chase hospital. Along with other petitions and pledges in similar terms, it has been signed by thousands of my constituents, and constituents of neighbouring colleagues.
I also want to pay tribute to Deborah Hubbard, a former nurse at Cannock hospital, who has amassed more than 12,000 signatures through the “Supporters of Cannock Chase Hospital” Facebook page, for her tireless campaigning to keep services in our local hospital.
The petition expresses the desire of my local community in Cannock Chase, who raised much of the money for the hospital to be built in the first place, to ensure that Cannock hospital is not overlooked in the review that is being carried out by Monitor and the trust special administrators. As colleagues will know, they are looking into the future provision of health services in Staffordshire, following the abolition of the failed Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The petition reads:
The Petition of residents of Cannock Chase,
Declares that the Petitioners support Cannock Hospital and wish to ensure that it becomes a centre of excellence for elective surgery, fully used, and with a secure and professionally managed future, within the NHS.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Department of Health to ensure Cannock Hospital becomes a centre of excellence for elective surgery and has a secure future.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.
[P001216]