The petition of residents of East Yorkshire,
Declares that the proposed closure of the Bridlington Care Unit is deeply concerning and must not go ahead; further declares that Bridlington Hospital has successfully achieved accreditation as an elective surgical hub and has potential to increase the number of operations delivered on site, as it did during Covid; further declares that York and Scarborough are already at capacity with patients; and further declares that redeploying staff from Bridlington to other NHS facilities in Scarborough and York will extra incur costs to the trust.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to urgently instruct both NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust not to close the Bridlington Care Unit; and further to urge the Government to work with the various health providers and the Bridlington Health Forum to in fact actively expand the range of services available at Bridlington.
And the petitioners remain, etc.—[Presented by Charlie Dewhirst, Official Report, 20 May 2026; Vol. 786, c. 667.]
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Observations from the Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth):
The Government congratulate Bridlington hospital staff on the hospital achieving successful accreditation as an elective surgical hub and acknowledge the work that has gone into this. The Government note that York and Scarborough teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust and system partners are actively working to increase the services that are available at Bridlington hospital, particularly in planned surgery.
The Government understand that, following recommendations from East Riding council’s health, care and wellbeing overview and scrutiny sub-committee, the trust will review the planned closure of the Bridlington care unit while it undertakes further work with Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care board and system partners. This work will include a period of structured engagement with patients, staff, residents and stakeholders.
More broadly, the NHS and partners are working to improve access to social and community care services to support patients returning to their homes as soon as possible and to avoid longer hospital stays. This will include increasing access to community services such as the Bee at Home care services provided by City Health Care Partnership, the social care improvement plan in East Riding, and improving access to local care homes.
The Government encourage interested parties to actively participate in the further engagement planned by York and Scarborough teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust and Humber and Noth Yorkshire ICB. Local NHS bodies are best placed to consider and respond to concerns about plans for local NHS services and how they can best meet the needs of their communities.