Calls For Out-Of-Hours Urgent Care Centre To Re-open

There are calls for out-of-hours health services to be restored in Market Harborough.

St Luke’s Treatment Centre, Market Harborough Pic: Andy Carpenter

The evening and weekend service at the Urgent Care Centre at St Luke’s Hospital was closed in April because of the coronavirus pandemic, due to a big drop in demand and staff being redeployed elsewhere.

Since then people have to travel to a centre in Oadby or hospitals in Kettering or Leicester for treatment.

Harborough health campaigner Phil Knowles spoke to Hfm:

A spokesman for East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning group, which operate the service told Hfm: “We are currently reviewing the out of hour’s service provision at St Luke’s Hospital in Market Harborough as part of a system wide recovery plan.

“We will notify patients once a decision has been made about how and when we are safely able to reopen services.”