Conservative candidates from across Worcestershire have called for the Cancer Care Network's report on Head and Neck Cancer services to be made public.
Following news that the report by Professor Mike Richards has been sent to the Chair of the Network board, who is also the Chief Executive of Gloucestershire PCT, but not to the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, Conservatives, who have been campaigning to keep services at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital have called for the report to be made public.
In a joint statement Harriett Baldwin, PPC for West Worcestershire , Mark Garnier PPC for Wyre Forest, Karen Lumley, PPC for Redditch and Robin Walker, PPC for Worcester, said
"We are concerned about the possibility that Head and Neck surgery could be moved from Worcestershire and want to ensure that there is full public consultation in the event that any decision is taken to move it elsewhere. We believe the expert report that might influence decisions on this should be made public as part of that process. We would continue to urge the 3 Counties Cancer Network to consider the merits of the Worcestershire bid and to take into account the potential stress and disruption that would be caused to patients from Worcestershire if they had to travel further for their treatment."