00:00So Sharon, could you tell me your reason for being here today and why you feel so strongly about this?
00:06Yes, so my husband had cancer, brain tumour, and ten years ago he died.
00:12And in the last week of his life, we had to look at options as to where he would die, and I didn't want that to be at home.
00:21I didn't want my children having lasting memories of him dying at home.
00:25The other option was through to a hospice, which is in Warwick, and that's 40-45 minutes from me home.
00:34So the benefit of being in Shipston is that my children, who are aged 10 and 12 at the time,
00:40could pop in and see their dad after school, after clubs, at the weekends, really easily.
00:47They were at two different schools, so I had logistics anyway, and the clubs, I tried to keep their life as normal as possible.
00:53If I'd have had to come to Warwick, it would have been really challenging.
00:56He also nearly died three times, and I had to make that critical rush.
01:02If I'd have come to Warwick, I wouldn't have made it.
01:07So being in Shipston is a mile and a half from home, and we need those beds back.
01:11And the overall point is that you need, yourself and the people of Shipston and nearby, you need a fully functioning hospital.
01:21We do. We want minor injuries back, x-ray, the whole lot. It would be really good.
01:26Thank you. Cheers.
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