MEMBERS of the public are being invited to two meetings to debate the future of Hulton Hospital in Deane.

Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, Bolton Primary Care Trust and Bolton Council are in talks about the hospital, in Hulton Lane, which cares for long-stay elderly patients.

People are to be allowed their say in Ward One of the hospital on Wednesday, February 26, from noon until 2.30pm.

A second meeting takes place at Friends Meeting House, on Silverwell Street, Bolton, on Thursday, February 27, from 7.30pm until 9.30pm.