CLITHEROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

That this House notes that East Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) made a pledge to expand Clitheroe Community Hospital on 29 January 2008; further notes that the agreed budget for the scheme was £12 million for the building, that further monies were set aside for additional services and that work was due to commence in the summer of 2009; understands that on 6 May 2009 the proposal for a new £15.5 million community hospital in Clitheroe was put before the NHS North West board meeting and approved subject to caveats; further understands that work began on time; is concerned that the renovation was stopped in November 2009 and has not continued since; notes that the PCT has said that the future of the hospital may be a matter for discussion at a board meeting in March 2010; and calls on the Government urgently to intervene to ensure that the new hospital goes ahead.