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'Antiquated' NHS community hospital could close in plans to save cash
this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyBury News'.A report was presented to NHS Bury Clinical Commissioning Group by Julie Gonda. Bury Council’s assistant director of commissioning and procurement for adult care services.She said: “Despite having a lot of beds only 75 per cent of the bed capacity was used throughout the year meaning Bury is paying for beds that are empty.“This represents nearly £1.5m a year spent on beds that no one used.”Howard Hughes, clinical lead on the project, said: “This is nothing to do with the wonderful staff we have at Bealey and the hard work they do.“This is purely about the estate and the fact it isn’t fit for purpose.
