Karen Lumley has failed the people of Redditch. Our hospitals are in crisis with patients dying after lengthy waits in corridors, vital services being stripped and centralised putting people at risk and issues around bullying of staff that have never been properly resolved. Instead of fighting for the people of Redditch she has instead claimed the Alex has a thriving future and decried those, including her own constituents, who have tried to raise genuine concerns. Despite numerous meetings with ministers, and being a junior minister in the Dept of health for a short period, she has failed to achieve anything to save services and deliver safe and sustainable healthcare for the people of Redditch. She also backed a link up with UHB before turning her back on the only chance the Alex had of delivering the services the town and wider area needs.

Mrs Lumley campaigned on the assertion that the Alex was saved. She misled many constituents . We are angry, we are disappointed and we call on Mrs Lumley to put her record to the test by resigning and fighting a by-election. If Mrs Lumley genuinely believes the Alex has a thriving future and she can help deliver that then she will have no problem putting that claim to the voting public so they can deliver their verdict.