WITH the downgrading of Kidderminster Hospital, and the cancellation of the Number 11 bus from Lickhill, Stourport, it took me four hours 45 minutes to get to Worcestershire Royal Hospital and back - just for a 10-minute test.

On the bus to Worcester and the return journey, very few (if any) passengers got on or off on the two big estates en route, at the peak time between 8am and 9.15am.

It was, therefore, all so unnecessarily inconvenient, especially as this simple test could have been done at Kidderminster Hospital if the service had still been available there.

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