Consultation Extended to 1st February

A lot of new information has come out in the past 24 hours about the "Closer to Home Consultation.

The first of these, and very welcome, is that the consultation period has beene xtended and comments can now be made up to 1st February. The Trust representative acknowledged at a meeting with Copeland Councillors today that some information which should have been made available at the start of the Consultation had not been, and the PCT had recognised that more time was needed for the public, patients and staff to have a full opportunity to take part.