{"id":424738,"date":"2026-02-14T03:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/424738\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:51:10","slug":"concern-over-moves-to-cancel-hinckleys-10m-nhs-day-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/424738\/","title":{"rendered":"Concern over moves to cancel Hinckley&#8217;s \u00a310m NHS day unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Luke Evans, Conservative MP for Hinckley, called the proposed cancellation of the scheme a &#8220;huge concern&#8221; and has cited the leaders at Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council and the NHS as &#8220;significant reasons for delays&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said he would &#8220;continue to hold both to account and look for further solutions&#8221; if the project was shelved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Lib Dem leader of the council, Stuart Bray, said Hinckley was being &#8220;neglected&#8221; by the national government and hit out at Dr Evans, saying he was &#8220;gaslighting&#8221; his constituents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB confirmed the board would discuss the issue next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They said: &#8220;[The report] proposes to cancel the scheme on the grounds that, eight years since it was originally approved the circumstances and wider context have changed to the extent that the scheme is no longer a viable, efficient or sustainable use of resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Hinckley has seen significant investment in local healthcare services over recent years, particularly with the opening of the new \u00a324.6m community diagnostic centre.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Luke Evans, Conservative MP for Hinckley, called the proposed cancellation of the scheme a &#8220;huge concern&#8221; and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-424738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}