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This meeting is being held to provide more information about plans to downgrade HRI's A&E and expand the facility at CRI. More about today's meeting here.

A second meeting is taking place at the John Smith's Stadium on Monday - more about that here.

Unsure about what's being proposed? Click here for a simple explainer.

Meet the doctor behind the plans and read his answers to some of your questions.

Click here for all our stories about the proposals.

That's it

The meeting’s finished now but there’ll be another chance to ask questions of the people behind the plans at a meeting at the John Smith’s Stadium on Monday form 6pm to 8pm. Click here for more information about the meeting: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/everything-you-need-know-right-11181371

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HRI and CRH boss says don't be passive

“If we remain passive and just let things happen, some of the opportunity we have to shape our destiny could be taken out of our hands.”

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Interesting...

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It's better than the situation we're in now

...says Owen Williams, boss of HRI and Calderdale Royal - he said the plan won’t solve all the problems but it’s better than the current situation.

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Should Calderdale people be concerned?

Dr Alan Brook says the most important factor is to put the services back together with integrated services on one site

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A doctor's view

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What will happen if the plans are given the go-ahead?

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) will be demolished and replaced with a smaller, 120-bed hospital next to the Acre Mills outpatient unit.

While it will focus on planned operations and clinics, the hospital will have an urgent care centre for non life-threatening injuries and illnesses.

Crucially, it will not have full emergency care services.

Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH), Halifax, will be expanded to focus on unplanned and emergency care, making it the nearest emergency care centre for a substantial proportion of Huddersfield residents. It will have up to 700 beds.

Meanwhile, services which do not have to take place in a hospital – for example, appointments following surgery – will be transferred to community facilities.

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Public questions

Public question time has started now.

Our reporter Dave says Terry Hallworth has accused CCGs of omitting data from the plan, e.g. ambulance travel times.

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Video from the meeting

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Halifax heart attack patients would be taken to Leeds

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Consultants leaving?

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Meeting starts

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Good point

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Here's who's answering questions about the plans to downgrade our A&E

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Here's one view about why there's a poor attendance

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Scene inside the meeting

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Campaigners are appealing for help with their legal case

Appeal for information from Hands off HRI campaigner Nat Ratcliffe
Appeal for information from Hands off HRI campaigner Nat Ratcliffe
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Traffic problems

Here’s what’s happening on the Calderdale Way

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Dave's arrived

Dave’s got to the meeting

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Rush hour traffic on the Calderdale Way

First up - and rather aptly - our photographer was stuck in traffic on his way to the meeting on the Calderdale Way, which is the route anyone trying to get to Calderdale Royal Hospital from Huddersfield would likely take.

Here’s a video:

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to our blog about the first public meeting on the plans to downgrade HRI’s A&E and send patients to Calderdale.

I’ll be with you until the end of the meeting, where our health reporter Dave Himelfield is reporting from.

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