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<p>The Department's Ministers have had two recent meetings to discuss the review of acute services at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.</p><p>On 5 September 2013, the Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Dr Poulter), met my hon. Friend. Prior to that meeting, on 16 May 2013, my hon. Friend the Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Dr Poulter) met my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), local national health service and council representatives and a local campaigner.</p><p>The reconfiguration of local health services is a matter for the local NHS. Commissioners in Worcestershire are currently working with local providers and stakeholders to develop proposals for the future provision of acute services across the county, including Alexandra hospital, which will be subject to public consultation.</p> |