A CAMPAIGN group called MASH – Maidstone Action for Services in Hospital – will be formally set up at a public meeting tonight.

Everyone with an interest in their health is being urged to attend and the group is calling on hospital bosses to define services remaining at Maidstone, and calling for no more to be lost.

Health campaigner Heather Morsley said: “If you care about Maidstone Hospital or even about your own health, you should come to the MASH meeting on Monday.

“I do believe we are going to see the death by a thousand cuts of Maidstone Hospital .”

MASH is being supported by the Kent Messenger and Downs Mail newspapers, who have previously joined forces to campaign against service cuts.

The MASH meeting takes place at Maidstone Town Hall, High Street, at 7.30pm.