Rural Community Hospitals
Rural community hospitals in the Cotswolds such as Cirencester Hospital provide essential, accessible healthcare close to home. They ease pressure on larger hospitals such as Cheltenham and Gloucester, support older and recovering patients, and ensure that people in rural areas are not forced into long, difficult journeys for routine treatment and rehabilitation.
Any cuts, closures or “temporary” service changes at Cirencester Hospital or elsewhere in the Cotswolds undermines this lifeline. When community hospitals lose services, patients face longer waits, families take on increased travel burdens, and already stretched NHS services become even more strained. With thousands of new homes planned and an ageing population in the Cotswolds, we need greater investment in our rural hospitals, not further reductions.
Show your support for the future of the Cotswolds' NHS services by signing this petition today…
Protect Cirencester Hospital and Community Care
We call on NHS Gloucestershire and the Government to guarantee the long-term future of Cirencester Hospital, and to restore and protect its services so that it can continue to deliver high-quality, local care. Our Cotswolds hospitals must be strengthened, not slowly dismantled. They are essential to delivering accessible, patient-centred healthcare for Cirencester and our Cotswolds towns and villages. Sign our petition today to stand up for the Cotswolds' NHS.