A PETITION signed by residents in Rushden was handed over at the House of Commons on Tuesday.
Wellingborough&Rushden MP Peter Bone presented the petition from residents who want a new outpatient facility in the town.
The petition states: “ .. . that the proposed redevelopment of the Rushden Hospital site for housing is unpopular, ill-advised and detrimental to the residents of Rushden; that over 25 per cent of the residents of
Rushden petitioned the House of Commons for a new outpatient facility in the town, the majority wanting the new facility on the Rushden hospital site; that the proposal to build housing on the site instead of an NHS facility is unacceptable and the impact on the surrounding roads of a large housing development and the density of the development and the proposed cut-through to the Greenacre Drive Estate is wholly detrimental to local residents.”
The petitioners are asking the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to urge the Department of Health to withdraw the planning application and to request East Northants Council, the county council and the Primary Care Trust work together to provide a suitable health facility on the site.
