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JOHN LEECH SLAMS MANCHESTER PCT - MP to bring up walk-in-centre closure with government
December 1, 2010 12:36 PM
Manchester Withington MP John Leech has urged the Manchester Primary Care Trust (PCT) to reverse their decision to close Withington Walk-in-centre on Saturday's - a decision that will come into effect this week.
The decision was made on Friday 26th November and the closure will come into effect on Saturday 4th December 2010.
John Leech said, "The Manchester PCT should learn from the mistakes they made over the debacle that was the closure of Burnage Walk-In-Centre. Last year I raised this issue with the then Prime Minister and the Manchester PCT promised they would learn from their mistakes and they have completely ignored this.
I will be making representations with the government regarding the consultation process or indeed complete lack of it.
There is currently an ongoing review of all walk in centres in Manchester and this decision has been made before the process has been completed."
Before the General election in May this year, the Manchester PCT's finances were measured as poor and the recommendation was made to make 20% cuts across the board regardless of who was in government after May.
John Leech said, "No doubt Labour will attribute this to the new coalition government, this is simply not true, this decision has been taken by the Manchester PCT as part of the pre election cost savings measures across Manchester.
I know many local residents use the walk-in-centre on Saturday's. This is another example of the PCT putting themselves before providing a service convenient for all. I shall be making strong representations within government regarding the handling of this decision."
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