WE need to unite at all levels if we are to save all the services at the Alexandra Hospital.

It goes without saying Redditch people will want to keep all the benefits we enjoy from having a first-class hospital.

My wife had a kidney expertly removed by the late, great Mr Rennie some five years ago.

My daughter was born there 11 years ago and both she and my wife were treated like royalty.

I suffered a heart attack at the age of 41 and probably owe my life to the doctors and staff at the Alex.

There are thousands more families in Redditch with similar stories.

Businesses benefit from having first-class health care on the doorstep.

So come on businesses, shout out your backing for the services that support the heart of your business, Redditch workers.

Politicians, this is no time to try to score brownie points. It is time to unite and fight to keep our hospital services.

I for one will be calling into the Advertiser - and so will my wife, son and daughter - to sign the petition.

The Alex is a hospital that is run and operated in a first class way and we in Redditch should not suffer because of management decisions taken in other areas of the county.

ROBIN KING

Huband Close

Redditch