SAVE the Alex leader Neal Stote will call on Redditch councillors to join the fight against hospital cuts.

The Greenlands dad said he was writing to the council's leaders, including Labour's Phil Mould and Tory Carole Gandy, prior to Monday's full council meeting.

"I want to know what their stance is going to be on the announcements that the maternity ward and paediatrics department could go," he said.

Councillors are expected to discuss the future of the county's health service at the town hall meeting, starting at 7pm.

Meanwhile, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust will hold a board meeting at Worcestershire Royal Hospital tomorrow from 2pm.

Mr Stote said: "I don't expect we will hear much from the trust now until they are ready to start the formal consultation in October."