Doctors intent on keeping Alex A&E and maternity

Doctors in a Worcestershire hospital have set out their intention to keep a full A&E and maternity services at the Alexandra Hospital in Bromsgrove.  A report in the Bromsgrove Standard said a prospectus of services has been released by Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group – responsible for buying health services for the two areas – outlining what they want provided at the Woodrow Drive site from 2014/15 onwards.The document, which all CCGs have to produce by law, is based mainly on the existing range of services the Alex currently provides including a full A&E and consultant led maternity unit,