Concerns for Winchester Hospital (Edit)
April 30, 2008
“Don’t let our Hospital disappear” is the tone local Winchester MP Mark Oaten is setting for the community. Plans have recently been made to move most of Royal Hants surgical, orthopaedic and maternity services to Southampton, after complaints that there are not enough of these services in the larger neighbouring City.
This is a big problem for the Hospital, if the plan gets carried out the Hospital will be downgraded and less services will be available. Oaten is asking the Winchester public to voice their opinions on the matter, additionally focusing on where their money is being spent. “We would create patient contracts allowing individuals to decide where their money is spent and on what”, Oaten claims.
Oaten represents the Liberal Democrats and is married with two Daughters; he claims this enhances his views on the health service both locally and nationally because he wants a high level of service in case anything happens to them.
The Liberal Democrats have also released a website, ‘NHS SOS’ that sets out the ways in which they plan to make the service better for everyone. The County Council in Winchester are planning to support the scheme fully, as always working along side the Local MP to get the publics voices heard. Only time will tell if the plans will be effective, and if the Winchester locals will support all plans made by their representatives.
This is a bit wordy for news. Also it is not generally a good idea to start with a quote, especially in the radio – nobody will know who is talking.
Let’s meet up to talk through this, perhaps after the next seminar.
Good to see that this is being updated frequently and there’s a lot to read – which is great.