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PROTESTERS will be on the streets of Jarrow today demonstrating against the planned closure of a walk-in health centre.
South Tyneside Public Services Alliance says the closure of Jarrow Walk-in Centre will affect 27,000 people who use it each year.
Ruth Berkley of public service union Unison, which is supporting the protest, said: “There is no other walk-in centre in South Tyneside apart from the hospital accident and emergency unit (A&E). This will also affect the whole of South Tyneside including waiting times.”
A submission was also made to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt calling for a full review of the closure decision.
Instead of a review, officials are drawing up an “action plan” to examine how users of the centre could be accommodated — but the public will not be consulted.
Protesters will meet in Jarrow Town Hall car park at 11am today.
