Liverpool City Council has just adopted the following resolution over the closure of the Liverpool Blood Centre:

That this Council deplores the proposal to drastically reduce the number of regional blood centres from 12 to 3 so called super centres to serve the entire country. Council also deplores the inadequate “consultation” which has taken place over this ill advised and damaging proposal. Council condemns the potential significant loss of skilled jobs and reduction in workforce size which will result if this proceeds unchanged. Council also notes that this will severely stretch the current close working relationships between the regional centresand local hospitals.

Council recalls that the previous rationalisation of the National Blood Service by the Tory Government in the 1990s was opposed by all members on the City Council and calls for all party support against this risky and unproven Labour Government proposal which is driven purely by the desire to cut costs, possibly as a prelude to potential privatisation of this profitable service. Council also requests all Merseyside MPs to strenuously oppose this stupid plan.

The agenda for the Liverpool City Council meeting is online:

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