Stafford Hospital battle to go through courts
Campaigners battling to save services at Stafford Hospital are looking to employ lawyers to take their fight through the courts, it emerged today.
The Support Stafford Hospital group is consulting Leigh Day, specialists in clinical negligence, who successfully argued in the High Court to overturn a decision to downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital.
Support Stafford Hospital co-founder Cheryl Porter said they were determined to take their fight to the top if necessary.
It comes after administrators this week unveiled draft recommendations for a £300million axing of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, with the loss of maternity, major emergency surgery and children's inpatients services.
Mrs Porter said: "We are going to look into taking the legal route." The trust is assuring patients and healthcare partners that it is 'business as usual' while a three-month consultation takes place.
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