The health service in England is in huge financial difficulties

Concern mounts that northeast Wales patients will suffer if Chester hospital shuts under a planned reorganisation of health services. “Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales AM, said: ‘The health service in England is in huge financial difficulties, with the Mersey and Cheshire NHS facing a £1bn deficit amid growing privatisation and cuts. Partly because of that, a super-hospital at Ellesmere Port has been mooted that would lead to the closure of hospitals such as the Countess of Chester and Arrowe Park. My constituents use both and I am deeply concerned by any plans that would take services further away from our communities.”