OVER 200 angry Worcestershire campaigners will pack into coaches and head for London to back a major demonstration, it has emerged.

Worcester Trades Union Council has revealed how it will send a significant delegation to the capital this Saturday for the looming NHS rally.

The protestors have told the Worcester News they want to draw attention to the health service "crisis" in Worcestershire which has afflicted A&E and left community hospital beds under threat.

A set of coaches have arranged to pick up large groups from Worcester, Evesham, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Redditch before heading down.

It is expected to be one of the biggest national protests London has seen since an anti-austerity march in April last year, when tens of thousands took to the streets wielding banners with slogans, expletive-filled placards and even pig effigies.

Bryn Griffiths, Worcester Trades Union Council's secretary, said: "This has been a very well organised transport plan and local trade unions are pleased to have been able to offer our support.

"We really need as many people as possible on the streets of London on Saturday to press for significantly increased funding, perhaps most importantly for social care.

"It is the failure to adequately fund home care for the elderly and vulnerable which is causing so many problems in our hospitals."

Saturday's rally has been organised from activists belonging to the protest group 'It's Our NHS' and will meet at Tavistock Square from noon, before marching to Parliament.

The coaches heading down from Worcester and northern pick-ups in Worcestershire are already fully booked.

Mr Griffiths said anyone who still wants to travel down from Hereford or Evesham should email wtucgroup@gmail.com as quickly as possible.

Worcester royal's ongoing crisis has come to national prominence after the deaths of two patients waiting for treatment in corridors, with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt saying it is the site he is "most worried about" in the entire country.