Updated The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition is promoting a demonstration in Bitterne on Saturday, July 11 against the proposed closure of the Bitterne Walk-in Health Centre.
CCG online consultation is here | Public meeting Thurs July 9, 6.30–8pm at Christ the King and St Colman Catholic Church Hall*, Bitterne Road East Commercial Street. Read more for info on meeting location.
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Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)is currently consulting over its plans to shut the health centre, which won a reprieve in October 2014.
TUSC are calling on people to assemble by the Red Lion pub in Bitterne Precinct on July 11.
A public meeting takes place prior to this at Christ the King and St Colman Catholic Church Hall on Thursday, July 9 from 6.30pm – 8.00pm. See below for venue information. The CCG will also have a stand at the Mela festival on July 11.
The consultation and supporting documents are available from the CCG's website at the bottom of their page here. The proposal is here as a PDF, and there's an online survey from this link
The deadline for responses is 5pm on Friday 4 September 2015.
* John Avery has written to say that the catholic hall - the venue for the meeting - isn't in fact in Bitterne Road East as advertised by the CCG but in Commercial Street next to Bitterne East Library and on the corner of the Bitterne Health Centre car park. He's kindly sent in the picture below to help clarify:
