Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Debate
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Aidan Burley
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Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
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Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I do not think that any other hon. Member has had to deal with a local hospital issue as all consuming and difficult as the one in Stafford. I congratulate him, on behalf of everyone, on his tireless dedication to getting the best deal for his constituents.
My hon. Friend mentions Cannock Chase hospital, in my constituency—the other hospital run by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust—which will be taken over by Wolverhampton as part of the administration process. I welcome the abolition of that trust, which left my hospital 50% empty and which, even as we speak today, has just closed Littleton ward, to decant nurses to Stafford to try to shore up the hospital there.
Does my hon. Friend agree that we cannot wait until later—until sometime this year; perhaps even the back end of the year—for Wolverhampton to take over running Cannock and for UHNS to take over running Stafford, and that we need to move to the new organisational structure as soon as possible? I mean weeks, not months, so that both of our hospitals can have a secure future and the staff can know that their jobs are safe.
Jeremy Lefroy
I agree. I welcome my hon. Friend’s huge support, both for Stafford and Cannock, throughout this process.