Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, which runs Norfolk's three main acute hospitals, is discussing how care might be delivered from the early 2030s, when £1.4bn replacements for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King's Lynn and the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) at Gorleston are expected to open.

Some of the protestors in the Tuesday Market Place in King's Lynn (Image: Chris Bishop)

While the hospitals group insists no decisions have been made, a number of proposals are on the table including the QEH and JPUH losing their A&E departments, with emergency patients being taken to Norwich to be treated instead.

On Saturday more than 500 people turned out to call for the proposals to be abandoned.

Many carried placards showing where they were from - along with the extra distance they would have to travel if services relocated from Lynn to Norwich.

'THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN...'

County and borough councillor Rob Colwell addresses Saturday's protest (Image: Chris Bishop)

County and borough councillor Rob Colwell, who was among the organisers, said: “Today the community spoke loudly and clearly.

"More than 500 people........

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