Councillor Carl Macey, chair of the health scrutiny panel for Lincolnshire.
Lincolnshire councillors will write to the Secretary of State for Health again to demand answers on the ongoing, controversial overnight closure of Grantham A&E.
Chair of the health scrutiny panel for Lincolnshire, Carl Macey,said the committee took the decision after receiving no response from the government in December following an intervention by the Minister of State in the matter.
The decision has since been referred to the Secretary of State twice by the county council.
Grantham & District Hospital. Photo: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
But the Minister of State wrote to both United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and South Lincolnshire CCG asking for an update on the closure in September last year.
The government’s Independent Reconfiguration Panel backed the trust’s decision, but added that a consultation should be carried out on the future of the service.
However, the committee referred the decision to the Secretary of State after no action was taken by the health trust.
Now, Councillor Macey has said the matter has gone on “far too long” and that people of Grantham deserve answers.
“We decided to write to the Secretary of State because we were advised that by December 28 a plan about how the trust would move forward with Grantham A&E would be disseminated to us,” he said.
“This would mean we could actually give some kind of response to the residents of Grantham who are absolutely desperate to know what is happening with their provision.”
He added that the committee would push for the trust’s response to be released publicly by the government.
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Lincolnshire Police have found the body of a missing Lincoln boy.
The force appealed at around 4pm on Sunday, April 11, to find Daniel Coupland, 16, from Lincoln, after he went missing.
At 9.30pm police said that a body has been found, which has been identified as the missing boy.
In a statement, Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to sincerely thank the media and the public for their support with this appeal and request that the family be given time to process this devastating news without intrusion or speculation.”