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Thank you for visiting the website of the Save Thornbury Hospital Campaign. The campaign is being run by Thornbury Town Council in partnership with local MP Steve Webb (pictured below, outside the hospital) and community groups, including the League of Friends of Thornbury Hospital and Thornbury Churches Together.

The future of Thornbury Hospital has been called into question following the publication of plans by the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust (AWP) to shut 10 beds on Grace Ward which currently provides care and assessment for older people with mental health problems, as well as respite care to assist carers who look after patients in their own home for most of the time.

The loss of a financial contribution from AWP to the running costs of the site could threaten the remaining Henderson Ward, which provides intermediate care for local people referred directly by their GPs or who have been discharged from larger hospitals such as Frenchay or Southmead and who still need some nursing care. Henderson Ward also provides respite care beds and two rooms where hospice care is provided.

From April 2005, the Thornbury Hospital site will become the responsibility of the South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT). The PCT has said that the loss of funding from AWP means it has to re-think its plans for the future of the Thornbury Hospital site. A variety of options is being considered by the PCT, and the Save Thornbury Hospital campaign is encouraging local people to tell the PCT how they feel.

Latest news:

The Mental Health Trust is publicly consulting on its proposals for older adults services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. The consultation closes on 11 April 2005;
There will be a public meeting on these proposals in the Armstrong Hall, Chapel Street, Thornbury on Tuesday 1 March at 7pm;
The PCT's latest statement on alternative options for Grace Ward.

Elsewhere on this site you can find:

 a petition to save Thornbury Hospital, which you can sign online;
contact addresses for the two main Trusts with responsibility for Thornbury Hospital;
testimonials from people who value the work of Thornbury Hospital; we would encourage you to e-mail your comments to Northavon MP Steve Webb who is spearheading the campaign; if you wish, we will post them on this website to build up a collection of messages of support; these will be forwarded to the PCT;
links to the "Bristol Health Services Plan" website which explains more about the wider consultation that is currently being undertaken about the future of hospitals and health care in the wider area;
the story of the campaign so far;
a list of the organisations involved in the campaign, and how you can add your organisation if you wish.