Solihull Borough

Julian Knight, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Solihull, is turning up the heat in his on-going fight to save NHS walk in services at Solihull hospital. Julian, party activists and concerned locals have met with Dr Sunil Kotecha, the chief executive of the walk in centre to express their support for the retention of walk in services at Solihull hospital. The move comes as the clinical commissioning group is finalising its plans for the fate of the centre which serves around 2000 patients a month.  Originally, the group was widely rumoured to be considering closing the centre. Although these rumours have abated in recent weeks as Julian has put the case for retention through the press and behind closed doors, there are still serious concerns as to the future of the centre.  Julian Knight said "We must keep walk in services at the site of Solihull hospital no matter what. If they are planning on moving into the main building we must have crystal clear and bona fide assurances that it will not mean that there is any damage to services. I feel we are winning many of the arguments and have proved the need for retention of services but we still have a long way to go to make this a reality. The fight goes on."