'Sending people to Wythenshawe is no good... closing it down is madness'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukPublic health officials have recommended that the axe should fall permanently on the minor injuries unit at Altrincham General Hospital - and the decision has prompted fury from residents.
The unit has been closed since the first Covid pandemic lockdown four years ago and has not reopened, chiefly because of a national shortage of specialist emergency nurses.
Opposition councillors on Trafford council have been fighting to get it reopened and the borough’s watchdog health scrutiny committee has now called for a high-level public consultation before it is condemned.
That crunch decision could come on Wednesday (September 18) when the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) makes its final decision.
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