Letter: Why was child taken so far?
RE: Teenager hit by bus in Colne, the question is, why, when our hospital A&E was closed in nearby Burnley, was the child taken so far away to Manchester? When our A&E at Burnley was closed, we were told that traumas and other emergencies would be dealt with promptly at the neighbouring Royal Blackburn Hospital (RBH).
Reality is of course that we were lied to and the RBH is so overcrowded it was placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission.
Pendlesider, via website
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