Health campaigners hold rally in Leamington to shine a light on the town's controversial 'Mega-Lab'

Their concerns are that the lab will be privately run by businesses with no medical expertise, despite claims from the Government that it will be publicly-operated NHS centre
By News Reporter
Published 5th Jul 2021, 12:48 GMT
Updated 5th Jul 2021, 12:50 GMT
Health campaigners held a rally in Leamington - both to celebrate the NHS’s 73rd birthday and to protest against the lack of answers over the town's proposed 'Mega-Lab'.Health campaigners held a rally in Leamington - both to celebrate the NHS’s 73rd birthday and to protest against the lack of answers over the town's proposed 'Mega-Lab'.
Health campaigners held a rally in Leamington - both to celebrate the NHS’s 73rd birthday and to protest against the lack of answers over the town's proposed 'Mega-Lab'.

Health campaigners held a rally in Leamington - both to celebrate the NHS’s 73rd birthday and to protest against the lack of answers over the town's proposed 'Mega-Lab'.

The South Warwickshire Keep our NHS Public (SWKNP) group met on Saturday morning (July 3) to make their voices heard.

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They were joined by Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western, who - along with SWKNP - has been shining a light on the problems with the Mega-Lab.

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Their concerns are that the lab will be privately run by businesses with no medical expertise, despite claims from the Government that it will be publicly-operated NHS centre.

Anna Pollert, secretary of SWKONP, said: "SWKONP has mounted an online petition calling on the government to hand over the Mega-Lab to NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services, and to give these public labs the investment required to expand Covid-19 and other diagnostic services. Visit https://tinyurl.com/pahcyym5"

Click here to read our previous story on the Mga-Lab - Why the secrecy over who will be running Leamington's Covid 'Mega-Lab'?

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