Consultation News

A group of campaigners have launched a legal bid to try and prevent the temporary closure of a community hospital in Somerset. Shepton Mallet Community Hospital Supporters Group have submitted a pre-action protocol letter to the Somerset Partnership Trust in an effort to reverse the temporary closure of the town’s community hospital. A pre-action protocol […]

Staffordshire County Council is slammed by health watchdog after slashing budget. The national leader of a health watchdog has warned patients’ ability to raise concerns about NHS services could be ‘seriously damaged’ if a major funding cut is approved. The warning was issued as it emerged Staffordshire County Council is looking to cut Healthwatch Staffordshire’s

Two major hospitals in Leicester and London told to stop providing complex heart surgery are now being allowed to continue, NHS England has announced. But patients in Manchester will now have to travel to Liverpool. The decision comes after a lengthy process to reorganise congenital heart services in England after new standards of care were

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has launched another consultation after announcing that it plans to issue an environmental permit to allow Biomass UK No 2 Ltd to operate its gasification facility in Barry. It is the fourth public consultation undertaken by NRW on the application and will run until January 22. NRW will share details of

Residents across Tendring are to get more time to have their say on plans for a Garden Community on the Tendring Colchester borders. Their views will help shape the future of the project which is now out for public consultation. Tendring District Council (TDC) is working closely with Colchester Borough Council (CBC), Braintree District Council

The MP broke his silence on the study after failing to persuade council chiefs to pull the report that warns residents if they don’t approve the draft preferred strategy then £10.5 million allocated for transport infrastructure in the town would be lost. “We are on the verge of great opportunity or great failure,” he said.