In an attempt to save money major vascular services are set to be relocated from arrowe park hospital, wirral to the countess of chester. The decision has been almost decided despite objection from the staff, surgeons and local councillors. The impact on the patients of wirral will be a delay for life saving major vascular surgery, as under the new proposals, a patient attending arrowe park hospital with a ruptured aortic aneurysm needing time critical hospital based treatment will be transferred by ambulance for a half an hour to chester. Currently arrowe park hospital perform 3 times more major vascular operations than chester, making their service the more experienced and skilled of the two. Arrowe park hospital is far more accessible than chester being just off the m53 motorway. We aim to pass this petition to the secretary of state to force the commission to stop the move. Please support us by signing our petition.
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