Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) campaigners were responding to a what they believe is a "shameful"letter to the Sutton Guardian by Mr Brake.
"In this letter, Mr Brake defends the “accountability” of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and defends his decision to vote with the Conservatives on Clause 119 - the clause which allows the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to close hospitals with 40 days notice," a spokesperson for the campaigners said.
"Firstly, it is nonsense that CCGs are accountable or democratic - their meetings are held at times that make it difficult for working people to attend them, CCGs concentrate the power to spend taxpayer money on our health services to a small group, CCGs cannot be disbanded or replaced by any democratic process, and CCGs are part of the growing culture of outsourcing health services to the private sector. We have witnessed members of local CCGs refuse to publicly answer questions about their financial interests in private health providers, in particular at last week’s shambolic Healthwatch public meeting in Sutton, which was organised via Tom Brake’s office.
"Secondly, in light of the alarming news that the Epsom-St Helier Trust has been referred to Jeremy Hunt after its audit report revealed that it has failed to break even, it is astonishing that Tom Brake continues to defend Clause 119. Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Burstow is also complicit as a supporter of both Clause 119 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
"We call on Tom Brake to publicly apologise for voting for Clause 119 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 rather than trying to tell the public that everything will be fine and that there is no threat to St Helier Hospital. We cannot help but wonder if he is more concerned for his seat at the next election than he is about securing local health services," said the spokesperson.