Future of GP surgery in doubt
Duncan Hames and Isabel Langsford are supporting local residents in Corsham to prevent the surgery relocating to a new site at Rudloe.
The plans would leave the town with no GP surgery of it’s own. The Rudloe site would be difficult to access, especially for those who need it the most.
Duncan Hames, prospective MP for Corsham said “Time and time again, budget-conscious decisions in the NHS leave patients picking up the cost of longer journeys. The government should fund public services, including the NHS, recognising the greater cost of serving smaller rural communities like ours.”
“We would like the Wiltshire NHS Trust to help the Porch Surgery stay in the town centre by expanding on it’s current site.”
August 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I’m still ‘on the fence’ on this one myself. If it means we can get better facilities I think that’s a good thing. I worry that if we rely too heavily on large regional hospitals such as RUH, we will never get rid of the super-bugs which seem to thrive in such places.