Great news about the Save Lewisham Hospital and Lewisham Council challenge in the high Court against the government about closing the A&E and maternity departments at Lewisham Hopsital.

If the closures had proceeded it risked placing intolerable pressures on Kings College Hospital affecting services for Southwark and Lambeth residents.

It does make you wonder why the Conservative Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt didn’t accept the Judicial Review and avoid the public expense of appealing.

We now need Jeremy Hunt to advise how these departments will be funded going forward.