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of the country, according to its MP in 2006. As one prominent journalist from the area has written, "Before the election, people living on the
Suffolk coast were promised an improvement in hospital facilities at Aldeburgh. The primary care trust (PCT) responsible for this bit of Suffolk has since announced that it will instead cut the number of beds at Aldeburgh Hospital from 36 to 20."
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There have been many attempts since the 1970s by central NHS management to close the
Cottage Hospital, so far without much success. A factor in the apparent determination of the NHS to close the hospital is that Suffolk Coastal District receives 10% less funding for the NHS per person than the rest
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Community Hospital", but its main stakeholders, i.e. the patients, visitors, and local residents and taxpayers, continue to refer to it as the Cottage Hospital. The current MP for the area,
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destroyed the building, but the hospital re-established itself in rented premises temporarily, albeit operating in a much reduced capability of a
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treatment. The hospital is also the headquarters for a team of district nurses and other healthcare professionals. In 2006 it had 31 beds.
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