People in Newark are increasingly worried about the town’s lack of urgent medical help overnight, councillors say. The town’s Urgent Treatment Centre is open seven days a week but now shuts at 10.30pm. It had been open overnight but its hours were first cut in April 2020 due to pressures during the Covid-19 pandemic. In March this year an NHS management panel ruled it should now stay permanently stay closed overnight due to low patient numbers and staffing problems. Run by Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust at Newark Hospital, the centre treats injuries including cuts, simple bone breaks, wounds,…
