Campaigners hoping to prevent the downgrade of a hospital will link hands around its buildings.
The A&E at Dewsbury District Hospital is to be downgraded to an urgent care centre as part of a shake-up of hospital services in Dewsbury and Wakefield.
Coupled with the proposed closure of Huddersfield’s A&E, the downgrade of the Dewsbury hospital’s A& will leave Kirklees – a borough with 431,000 people – without an emergency care department.
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Protesters hope by linking hands around the building they will show Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which runs the hospital, the strength of their fight to keep Dewsbury’s A&E.
The protest is planned for 5.30pm on Thursday.