UPDATE 2014 Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust - Pontefract Hospital what next?

It will be  interesting to see what Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust is proposing to do with the new Public Finance Initiative hospital which replaced PGI and is now very much the junior partner in the three hospitals that make up the Trust.  For those who have tracked progress of the grand plan offered by our local MP it is obvious that, instead of a state of the art hospital as promised, we  have greatly reduced services which consist of a minor injuries unit, some out patient facilities, a  WH Smith, a coffee and snack bar and  the most expensive car parks in Pontefract.  Great if you cut your finger or want to meet a friend for a coffee to discuss the morning papers, not so great if you're having a heart attack. When you consider that WMDC have identified space for up to 4000 extra houses within a few  minutes travel of the hospital you would have hoped that it could have offered a more comprehensive service.

Since the PGI A&E unit was bull-dozered,  critical care facilities are now at Dewsbury or Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield. Ambulance staff are instructed to bypass Pontefract Hospital for anyone  with anything other than a minor injury.  Patients find themselves caught up in the chaotic MYHT pinball machine and the golden hour gets frittered away all too quickly, with the potential for a tragic outcome for some of those in most critical need.

The galling thing is that our MPs never seem to be challenged to explain why the promises made have not been delivered or they fail to provide documentation of  the undertakings that they say they have been given.  What are people from the Pontefract area left with?   A compromised provision and a PFI for Pontefract and Pinderfields that will give Consort Health £34 million pounds a year and rising over a 30 year term. 

One Thousand Two Hundred Million Pounds of MYHT & taxpayers money, your money, for what?

UPDATE 2  See Wakefield Express report below..
Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust worst in country for recommend friends or family disgrace