Alasdair Elliott, Chairman of the Beds for Badger Campaign Group; John Dinnie, Mayor of Shipston Town Council; Dave Passingham, Stratford District Council Councillor and Carole Gibbs from the Campaign Group were all in the House of Commons Gallery on Wednesday 8th January 2025 to see Manuela Perteghella, MP for Stratford on Avon deliver our petition to Parliament.

Our local NHS Trust is effectively increasing rural inequalities by keeping the in-patient beds they ‘temporarily’ stripped out of Shipston’s Ellen Badger Hospital. They are pitting communities against each other by saying that delivering good care in Shipston means having worse care elsewhere. We think this is a despicable tactic.

Have your say in the ICB Public Consultation. See other posts on the Beds for Badger Facebook page showing you how.

… The CQC has rated this medical facility as :’ A Shadow Of It’s Former Self’

To be clear the front-line staff are outstanding. The hollowing out of Ellen Badger Hospital is the work of those higher up the pecking order.

If you want a proper hospital in Shipston you need to fight for it. There are two options under consideration: A and B. Option A includes beds in Shipston but the ICB has declared it to be “sub-optimal” and say that Option B is “more beneficial”. So you can clearly see where this is heading.

Find out more and have your say in the public consultation which ends on 14th February. Here is the link to the ICB Public Consultation website.

https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/integrated-care-board/your-voice/current-consultations/south-warwickshire-community-hospital-rehabilitation-bed-consultation/

Steal: verb

past participle: stolen
take property without permission and without intending to return it. e.g. “The wily fox has stolen the badgers’ beds”.

While we are at it let’s have a go at defining the word “temporary”.

Temporary: adjective

lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent. e.g. “The beds have been temporarily removed from Shipston to Leamington”.

If you want a proper hospital in Shipston you need to fight for it. There are two options under consideration: A and B. Option A includes beds in Shipston but the ICB has declared it to be “sub-optimal” and say that Option B is “more beneficial”. So you can clearly see where this is heading.

Find out more and have your say in the public consultation which ends on 14th February. Here is the link to the ICB Public Consultation website.

https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/integrated-care-board/your-voice/current-consultations/south-warwickshire-community-hospital-rehabilitation-bed-consultation/

Yes, you read it correctly, 4,000 Voices Strong: Our Petition for Parliament!

 On Saturday, November 16, we proudly presented over 4,000 signatures to our MP, Manuela Perteghella, who will champion our cause in Parliament on behalf of Shipston and the surrounding villages. Thanks to the many local shops and villages that made petition forms available, we achieved this remarkable response in just under four weeks.

As we prepare for a public consultation in early January, the Beds4Badger Committee aims to meet with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) beforehand. This meeting will allow us to convey our reasoning and express the community’s strong desire to restore essential facilities at the former Ellen Badger Hospital, including beds and medical services.

Our campaign is now advancing to Parliament, and with your continued support, we hope to make our voices heard loud and clear! Thank you for standing with us!