At the Vale of White Horse District Council meeting last night the Conservatives joined with the Liberal Democrats in a rare show of political unity behind an urgent motion proposed by Cllrs Alison Rooke and Jenny Hannaby calling on the South West Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) to save Wantage and Didcot hospitals.The PCT is considering closing the community to hospitals to develop facilities at either Wallingford or Abingdon. As reported in the Herald on 23rd March Wallingford appears to be the favoured site because of the age of the Abingdon facility. Conservative Cllr Gervase Duffield attacked the plans saying "The facilities need to be central and accessible, to suggest Wallingford is either of these is absurd!"Fellow Conservative Cllr Alison Thomson added "It is the government that are directly to blame for constantly telling the PCT to cut expenditure but this must not be at the cost of vital care to local residents"The motion passed by all Councillors at the meeting instructed the Vale's Chief Executive to contact the Chair of the PCT to ensure the views of the Vale were received in time for the meeting.The objections were based on the Vale being a rural area where public transport is limited. Services to Abingdon, Wantage and Didcot were invaluable to most residents. Public Transport and road travel to Wallingford is difficult from most places in the Vale.The Vale of White Horse District Council area, with a population of around 116,000 residents would have no in-patient hospital beds whatsoever if Abingdon and Wantage hospital were to close.