To celebrate the publication of papers by Surrey Primary Care Trust indicating that all major services are to be retained at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, the Save the Royal Surrey campaign has issued a big ‘thank you’ to people in West Surrey for their support.

Over the course of the past 12 months there has been a massive groundswell of support for  the campaign – including a public rally attended by 8,000 people and the collection of over 120,000 signatures on petitions. The campaign has received backing from all major local political parties, the Chamber of Commerce and the Council during the fight to save the hospital from cuts or closure.

The publication of the business case for safeguarding services marks the latest victory for retaining major facilities at the site including maternity, paediatrics and Accident and Emergency. It is not clear whether there will be a public consultation on limited changes to health services in the county as originally promised by the PCT.