COMMUNITY leaders are calling on health bosses to reconsider shutting dozens of beds at a hospital – in order to allow the public to have their say.
The 37 beds at Longton Cottage Hospital are set to shut next month while a public consultation isn't due to start until October.
NHS leaders say the cash saved will be used to improve non-hospital healthcare so patients can be treated at home.
But councillors at Stoke-on-Trent City Council have criticised the moves – claiming it...
