keep peter bruff ward open campaign

Question 1

what was peter bruff ward campaign?

Answer 1

peter bruff ward was a mental health unit in clacton, closed and moved to colchester with patients expected to travel there. campaign was to move it back to clacton

Question 2

was it successful?

Answer 2

unsuccessful due to lack of support, lack of effort e.g only tried to get 1/650 mp’s

Question 3

what was the methods they used to promote their campaign?

Answer 3

local newspapers, small local petition (211 signed), local protest walks ‘save our ward’ shirts, lobbying local mp

Question 4

facts about the campaign

Answer 4

andy wood was worried they were going to lose services, hospital could be used as a superhub, the north essex partnership university NHS foundation trust defended the transfer of patients, ‘just a way to save money’, concluded that mental health way high, moved to king’s wood centre and medical staff to travel between locations