There is currently a proposal to close a great deal of Children's Surgery and Anaesthesia Services at Barnsley Hospital. We the undersigned call upon Dr Nick Balac and the Commissioners Working Together (CWT) to withdraw this proposal as we need to maintain safe and expert Children's Surgery Services and a hospital with a full range of services in Barnsley.
Why is this important?
We feel this closure of our Children's Surgery and Anaesthesia Services at Barnsley Hospital will be detrimental to the health and well-being of our children - very ill children will have to travel long distances to other hospitals, inevitably putting them at greater risk.
It will make it far more difficult for Barnsley parents to give crucial emotional support to their children in hospital.
We think it is a money-saving exercise and not led by a pursuit of clinical excellence and the best interests of patients.
It will have a damaging knock-on effect on other children's services at Barnsley Hospital and be one more step towards the down-grading of our local hospital.
