MOVES to close Ribchester Hospital had been officially launched with the publication of a "consultation document" by Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley health authority. The document outlined plans for a new £750,000 private/public hospital at Longridge to provide a 15-bed private nursing home and hospital beds for 15 patients being cared for by local doctors.
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