Save Jarrow Walk in Centre

NHS want to close Jarrow Walk in Centre.

JARROW MP Stephen Hepburn has called plans to close a popular medical facility in South Tyneside “a cut too far”.

Health bosses want to shut the Jarrow Walk-In Centre at Palmer Community Hospital in Jarrow, despite more than 27,000 people using the unit over the last year – an increase from 12,000 a year when it opened in 2010.

The plans are being opposed by South Tyneside Public Services Alliance, which has launched a petition against closure.

There is growing opposition to closure of the Jarrow facility, when its contract runs out next year, as part of wider proposals that would see a new urgent care ‘one-stop shop’ at South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields.

Source: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/health/jarrow-walk-in-centre-closure-bid-a-cut-too-far-1-6712045