Pontefract A&E Mid Yorks Hospitals Trust agree Public Meeting

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have issued the following:

Public Meeting

We’d like to let you know about a public meeting that we are holding to explain in more detail about the decision to temporarily close Pontefract A&E overnight for patient safety reasons due to a shortage of emergency doctors.

It will also be a chance to ask any questions.

Where and when:

Pontefract Town Hall
Assembly Room
Thursday 24 November at 6pm

The difficult decision to temporarily close Pontefract Hospital A&E overnight (from 10pm to 8am) from 1 November was made by the Trust Board (on 20 October) for patient safety reasons as there are currently not enough emergency doctors to safely staff all three Emergency Departments in Mid Yorkshire overnight.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Barton
Communications Officer
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust HQ and Education Centre
Pinderfields Hospital
Aberford Road
Wakefield
WF1 4DG
Tel: 01924 543637

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Our MP has sent out an email suggesting that as many people as possible attend.

I have heard from a number that say they want to hold her to account for her part in this fiasco.

I guess the problem for many is that she is not usually around on Thursdays but I hope that she can make an exception in this case.

See you there?