Simon Kirby MP delivered his petition calling for redevelopment funding for the Royal Sussex County Hospital, to the Department of Health this afternoon, Tuesday, October 15.
The petition containing 1,000 names from constituents, back his campaign for the Government to release £420million in funding to give Brighton a hospital fit for the 21st Century.
The Royal Sussex County Hospital is Sussex premier hospital but some wards pre-date the era of Florence Nightingale and is in urgent need of replacement.
Concerns have been growing over recent months at the delay in the money being released by the Treasury.
Mr Kirby met with the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, at the Department to hand over the petition.
Simon said:
“I am very pleased that my petition collected almost 1,000 names and it shows how important the Royal Sussex County Hospital is to people in my constituency.
“I have been working closely with the Health Secretary and the Chancellor to make the case for this much needed funding, and they have always been very receptive to the points that I have made. I am grateful to Jeremy Hunt for meeting with me today to take receipt of the petition, and I am sure that the strength of feeling the petition conveys will resonate with him.
“I want to thank all of my constituents who took the time to contact me over this issue, and I assure them that I will continue to fight for the new hospital Brighton deserves.”
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