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MP urges minister to halt ward cuts

1:22pm Friday 18th April 2008

HEALTH secretary Alan Johnson has been asked to intervene to prevent further ward closures at Westmorland General Hospital.

Councillors form hospital lobby group

9:20am Wednesday 2nd April 2008

GROWING concerns over the future of the Westmorland General Hospital has prompted councillors in Kendal to set up a sub-committee to work alongside the Save our NHS Services group.

Health watchdog upholds review

2:05pm Friday 21st March 2008

CAMPAIGNERS against cuts at Westmorland General Hospital have vowed to keep fighting, after a government health watchdog dismissed their complaints.

Hospital cuts start at Westmoland Hospital

2:59pm Friday 7th March 2008

THE start of a string of controversial cuts at Westmorland General Hospital began this week, with the closure of six beds on Ward 11.

Call to halt hospital reviews

3:34pm Friday 8th February 2008

MP Tim Farron yesterday called for a halt to the review of services at Kendal's Westmorland General Hospital.

Letter: Ward vital 'in hour of need'

4:13pm Monday 14th January 2008

OVER the last few years, I have done what I can to help the save our hospital campaign. With good reason. I reckon I have, over the last 40 years, been in and out of hospital in excess of 50 times, with one thing or another, in Lancaster, Barrow and Kendal, as well as Ulverston and Beaumont, before they closed it down.

Top Tory calls for cuts to be scrapped 10:34am Fri 7 Dec 07 A TOP Tory MP is calling for plans to cut services at Westmorland General Hospital to be scrapped, after discovering ambulance services are falling "far short of the mark".