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Officials note closures at Bradford Hospital and plan advocacy for restored services
Summary
Commissioners raised concerns that Bradford Hospital has closed additional offices and reduced emergency and long‑term care services, and said they will advocate after earlier maternity services reductions in the region.
During the county report the chair said Bradford Hospital has been reducing services, noting the hospital was first in the region to lose maternity services and that further closures are limiting access to emergency and long‑term care in the area. The chair said they plan to begin advocacy steps and mobilize responses to address the local impacts of the service reductions.
The meeting record relayed concern about service losses but did not include a presentation from hospital officials, a formal resolution, or a recorded vote on next steps; the chair described preparing advocacy emails and next‑step work to respond to the hospital changes.
