Nigel Boddy a Darlington Solicitor has thanked everybody for signing the petition to “Save Accident and Emergency Departments at Darlington Hospital.

Can you help spread the word by forwarding the link below to your friends and posting this to any facebook page you may have?

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-accident-and-emergency-in-darlington

To the West of Darlington there isn’t another A and E until you reach Carlisle – 85 miles away.

It seems ridiculous when we have a crisis on existing A & E units countrywide, that there are plans to close around 50?

Evidence this winter proves we should be opening more A & E units and employing more staff.

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