Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con)

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Like the petition of my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies), my petition revolves around the concerns of local constituents about the move of maternity and paediatric services from the Royal Shrewsbury hospital to Telford. In the six years that I have been the Member of Parliament, I have never received such a large number of signatures—more than 29,000—which reflects the huge objection to the proposals, in conjunction with the opposition of paediatric consultants. For the board to try to move maternity and paediatric services away from Shrewsbury to Telford would be highly flawed and would fly in the face of all Government guidelines.

The petition states:

The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to take all possible steps to prevent these services being moved from Shrewsbury to Telford.

Following is the full text of the petition:

[The Petition of residents of Shrewsbury and Atcham,

Declares that the petitioners oppose plans to move the Special Care Baby Unit, the Children’s Ward and some maternity services from Shrewsbury to Telford.

The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to take all possible steps to prevent these services being moved from Shrewsbury to Telford.

And the Petitioners remain, etc.]

[P000908]