PRH CAMPAIGNERS TAKE THE MESSAGE TO GORDON BROWN

Anne Jones, Serena Tierney and other campaigners make their message clear

Local campaigners for the A&E and maternity services at the PRH took their fight to Downing Street on Wednesday as Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister. They joined campaigners from other Sussex and Surrey hospitals outside the gates so that the new Prime Minister passed them on his way to and from Buckingham Palace.

Local health campaigner Serena Tierney, who gathered thousands of signatures on a petition to save the A&E services in 2005, said:

Anne Jones, Serena Tierney and other local campaigners make sure the PRH banner is visible to Gordon Brown.

"Gordon Brown has promised to listen to people and to put the NHS first. We are determined to make sure that he can hear local people saying: "Leave the accident and emergency and maternity services at the PRH. They are essential local health services and we want to keep them where we can get to them quickly and easily."

Anne Jones, who ran previous campaigns to keep the A&E and maternity services, added:

Serena Tierney and 3 generations of the Hayman family take the message to Downing Street

"I know so many people whose lives have been saved by the PRH over the years. We cannot afford to lose vital local services and we will keep on fighting for them."

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Notes to editors follow

NOTES TO EDITORS

1. About 30 PTH campaigners from Mid Sussex joined others from Worthing and Epsom on the pavement opposite Downing Street on 20th June from noon until 3pm to make sure that both the outgoing and incoming Prime Ministers saw and heard their protest.

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