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A major review of acute services in Worcestershire has recommended reducing the number of patients being seen at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch by around a quarter.
All three hospitals in the county, Kidderminster, Worcester and Redditch would remain open under the proposals but there would be see changes to A&E, maternity and children's services.
A review of services delivered by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust was launched jointly by trusts and commissioners last year after the trust revealed it needed to save £50m by 2014-15.
It was also hit by a shortage of specialist consultants...