Stockport MP launches petition calling for 'urgent' funding for Stepping Hill

A Stockport MP has launched a petition calling for 'urgent' repairs to Stepping Hill Hospital.

The M.E.N has previously reported on the state of the hospital, plagued by poorly maintained infrastructure resulting in in flooded corridors and collapsing ceilings - on one instance, so severe that one of its major outpatient buildings was last year condemned for demolition.

But the Hazel Grove hospital did not qualify for a scheme to rebuild ageing hospitals, left by the Conservatives, which was then taken over last year by the new Labour government.

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Following a spending review, the government finally announced on January 20 that North Manchester General Hospital would be refurbished as part of Wave One of their hospital regeneration programme, a move pushed for by a Manchester Evening News campaign.

But still Stepping Hill remains excluded.

Now, the Lib Dem MP for Cheadle, Tom Morrison, has launched a petition to drum up support for the rebuild.

"Stepping Hill Hospital is falling apart, with a £134 million repair backlog and no funding from the Government," he wrote on Facebook.

"Burst pipes, flooding corridors and ceilings collapsing - our incredible NHS staff and patients deserve better. I promised to fight for Stepping Hill, and together, we are making our voices heard. But to force the government to act, we need even more signatures.

"Local residents need to show the Government how much we need to save Stepping Hill. Please add your name to the petition below."

The M.E.N.