THE THREE Members of Parliament for South Gloucestershire have attacked NHS plans to develop homes on the Frenchay Hospital site.

In a joint statement Thornbury and Yate MP Luke Hall, Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti and Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore said they were "deeply concerned" by North Bristol NHS Trust's support of new housing from developer Redrow Homes.

The plans were announced to shocked South Gloucestershire Councillors during Wednesday's health scrutiny committee.

The MPs said: “Labour’s disastrous Bristol Health Services Plan downgraded Frenchay Hospital, stripped it of its A&E and acute services and sold off the majority of the site leaving us with one small parcel of land for a ‘community hospital’.

"We are deeply concerned by the decision of North Bristol NHS Trust to encourage Redrow Homes to build on land specifically set aside to ensure our communities get the Hospital it was promised, and especially as the CCG are in the middle of seeking the preferred builders for the scheme. 

"We urge the trust and Redrow to withdraw the planning application and to get round the table, so we can ensure that what health land remains in Frenchay is used for the new health facilities we have been promised.

“We will also be requesting a meeting with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care to bring this to his attention as well as writing to the North Bristol Trust’s chief executive Andrea Young to outline our concerns on behalf of residents."