It is really disappointing, but not surprising. I took part in various consultations and I felt it was just a token exercise. They do not care about the opinions of local people and I have little faith in Jeremy Hunt to make a good decision either.

The thing that really galls me is that they keep saying this is inevitable, there is no other option. Well there are other options! There is money elsewhere in the NHS. But they don't want to spend it - they want to privatise the NHS and they can't do it openly, so they do it by spurious means like this, regardless of the impact this is going to have on people's lives.

I will be at the march on the 26 January along with my family.