Madam, we write to you about the closure of the Minor Injuries Unit at Ross Hospital. Your readers will be aware that 6,000 people signed a petition which was handed over to the Wye Valley Trust last year, protesting the reduction of opening hours.

We are now asking your readers for a similar response, to make it clear to the Trust that we want to keep our Minor Injuries Unit and that we demand that the service is reinstated as soon as possible.Please contact the trust via their website at http://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk">www.wyevalley.nhs.uk and use their feedback form. You can telephone them on 01432 372986 or 07825 681801 or write to the Chief Executive Mr Derek Smith at Wye Valley NHS Trust, The County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford HR1 2ER.

If you wish to complain, email the Trust at [email protected]">[email protected], write to the Complaints Department at the above address or telephone 01432 364191. The Trust's website also gives a direct line for Mr Smith and this is 01432 364000.

Please contact the Trust so they are left in no doubt as to our feelings about this issue in Ross.Jill Davies - Chairman, Friends of Ross HospitalChris Bartrum, Mayor of Ross-on-Wye 2013/14