Recently, Health managers stated that there were no plans to close Cheltenham’s A&E “in September”. That is good news of course, but we need confirmation of their plans thereafter. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital simply cannot cope with providing an A&E facility for the whole county despite the best efforts of the talented and dedicated staff. Today, the MP’s for Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and the Cotswolds wrote to the health leadership calling on them to rule out closing Cheltenham’s A&E.
