Since May, Nursery World has reported on the loss of half a dozen hospital nurseries, closed because of NHS cost-cutting.
Buttercups Nursery, based at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS) in Stoke-on-Trent, will shut in January because the UHNS Executive says it can no longer afford to pay the £225,000 annual subsidy.
Parents had been given until 10 November to come up with alternative funding solutions. The board considered their proposals, along with continuing to operate the nursery at a loss until April 2012, but decided that neither would be financially sustainable.
The closure of the 40-year-old nursery affects 65 children and leaves 22 members of staff without jobs.
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