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| Ex-nurse wins wards legal battle | Ex-nurse wins wards legal battle |
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| A former nurse has won a High Court battle challenging the closure of two hospital wards. | A former nurse has won a High Court battle challenging the closure of two hospital wards. |
| Pat Morris, 65, from Bowdon, Greater Manchester, challenged the decision to shut two rehabilitation wards for older people at Altrincham General Hospital. | |
| Mr Justice Hodge has ruled that the Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust's move in March to close 26 beds was unlawful as there was no public consultation. | |
| But he refused to order the trust to immediately reopen the beds. | But he refused to order the trust to immediately reopen the beds. |
| The trust had admitted it closed the wards without public consultation. | The trust had admitted it closed the wards without public consultation. |
| 'No winners' | |
| Mrs Morris, 65, who quit her job to bring a judicial review against the trust said: "There are no winners today - only losers. | |
| "They will just go through the motions." | |
| Mrs Morris, who was represented by a counsel who did not receive a fee, said she had risked financial ruin, as she could have lost the case and been ordered to pay the trust's costs. | |
| But she was awarded her costs which were less than £1,000. |