THERE are no plans to close any minor injury units or community hospitals in Cornwall — and this includes Launceston and Stratton hospitals — Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has told the Post.

A statement from the trust’s communications department was issued after NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) unveiled its plans to locate three urgent treatment centres at Bodmin, Truro and West Cornwall.

There were desires locally for one of the urgent treatment centres to be located at Launceston Hospital, and last year the chief executive of the NHS trust, Phil Confue, suggested at a meeting of the town council that local people could lobby for Launceston to be one.

The statement reads: “We have listened to what people have told us about what services they want and where they want them. This information informs our plans to create a joined-up and improved health and care system, a system that works in partnership with our GPs, pharmacies, minor injury services and emergency departments.

“Everyone has a common goal; to provide first class care when people need it. Our new urgent treatment centres are another step towards achieving this.

“I also want to stress that the creation of the three urgent treatment centres will not mean the closure of any of our other minor injury services. Plans to enhance other minor injury sites and services will continue to be developed within the context of broader and ongoing discussions about future models of community-based care in Cornwall.”