Following last week’s bombshell that Solihull’s maternity will be downgraded in less than three month’s time, local hospital campaigners have injected a boost into the campaign by starting a new online petition and Facebook Group to ‘Save Solihull Hospital’.
 
Healthcare watchdog and prospective Conservative MP Maggie Throup, who has been leading the campaign to save the maternity services, said: “Last week’s maternity news has brought great public comment, as much in sorry as in anger.
 
“Many Solihull residents have posted comments on the Facebook group and contacted me directly to express their support for our campaign which is now spreading out even further.
 
“If we lose full maternity services, what message does it put out about our hospital? I now fear for its future and as so many of us did ten years ago, I will be campaigning to ‘Save Solihull Hospital’.
 
“Residents can show their support by signing the online petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/my/petitions/24738 or joining the new Facebook Group ‘Save Solihull Hospital’ which has already attracted over 700 members.”