COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FACILITIES

Early day motion 2225, tabled 22 May 2006 by Graham Stuart (Conservative). Signed by 50 members.

That this House welcomes the commitment to community hospitals in the recent Health White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say; further welcomes the statement that `community facilities should not be lost in response to short-term budgetary pressures that are not related to the viability of the community facility itself'; expresses concern that many community hospitals remain under threat of imminent closure; supports the ongoing work by Community Hospitals Acting Nationally Together to raise awareness of and campaign against these closures; and calls on Ministers to allow a debate on community hospitals to be held in Government time on the floor of the House.

Signatures by party: Conservative 26, Liberal Democrat 21, Labour 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.