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Topic ID 5952
03/05/2011 by Steve
Urgent Care Centre Closure
I see that Dorothy Hone, who voted in favour of the closure of the Urgent Care Centre is standing for the Distict Council in Castle Ward.
Needless to say she won't be getting my vote.
Linda Radford also voted for the closure and is standing for the Town Council in Bengeo.
Interesting to read in The Mercury that they are now both back-peddling on the issue, as if they've just realised it may revisit them at the ballot box (as it should).
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Reply ID 80983
03/05/2011 by Capitalist piglet
They be toast then.... :-/
Reply ID 80987
04/05/2011 by Frenchie
Not getting my vote..
Reply ID 80990
04/05/2011 by Marilyn
Labour candidates seem to be in favour of keeping the UCC in on the Bengeo leaflet. Could be one of the major issues for people choosing who to vote for.
Trouble is it is probably too late now.............
Reply ID 80991
04/05/2011 by Ewoowar
Thanks..........my vote is not going there either.
Reply ID 80992
04/05/2011 by Ewoowar
Perhaps you should let the councillors know if their participation in and support for the closure of the UCC has affected your voting decision.....
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Reply ID 81000
04/05/2011 by Frenchie
Email sent
Reply ID 81007
04/05/2011 by Rachel
Please post the replies here, Frenchie, I'll be interested to read them
It disgusts me to my core to defend Tory councillors but my sense of fair play is stronger even than my loathing so I have to ask, did they actually 'vote to close the UCC' in the sense that most people would understand that, i.e. if they and others had voted differently, it would still be open? I thought they were merely on an evaluation panel that recommended closure as part of a bogus consultation that was supposed to 'involve key stakeholders' yadda yadda.
NHS Hertfordshire is a quango with no elected members that can do exactly what it likes so long as it ticks certain boxes to demonstrate that it has consulted us and involved us. As 99.99% of us wouldn't dream of taking any interest in or getting involved in public sector governance, a couple of tame local councillors who won't understand the expensive evaluation exercise in sufficient depth to ask awkward questions, sitting on some toothless Evaluation Panel 'representing the views of their communities' ticks the boxes. Job done. You can't really blame the hapless councillors. But please don't vote for them anyway!! ;-)
Reply ID 81008
04/05/2011 by LindaR
This is a copy of a letter which I sent to the Mercury and which they have not published
'There has been much comment on the pages of the Mercury in recent weeks about my absence from the final discussion and vote on the future of the Urgent Care Centres. I would like to advise those who have expressed concerns about this that the reason I left the meeting early was because my 92 year old mother-in-law had been found unconscious in bed by her carers and I was called out of the meeting to get to A & E at Chase Farm Hospital as quickly as possible. I consider that on this occasion it was the correct thing to put my family first.
I do appreciate the concerns of residents about the provision of local health services, and I am committed to doing what I can to ensure Hertford's residents continue to be well served in this area.'
From what I have heard about the evaluation, Rachel's assumptions are correct. I do know that the panel consisted of twenty people, three invited from Hertford, three from Broxbourne and the remainder were NHS employees and PCT members.
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Reply ID 81023
05/05/2011 by Steve
Oh dear, unless he's been misreported, independent candidate Mike Edwards appears to be rather misinformed: "It hasn't really had a fair trial as it was underused through lack of awareness"
Reply ID 83511
30/09/2011 by CityBird
Really disappointed by this decision, found it to be excellent.
Reply ID 83512
30/09/2011 by codek2
thats ironic - i noticed at the docs yesterday they were advertising going to the cheshunt place! Doh!
Reply ID 83522
30/09/2011 by Gemma
The cheshunt minor injuries unit is still open - maybe it is that they were referring to
Reply ID 83523
30/09/2011 by Steve
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Originally posted by Gemma
The cheshunt minor injuries unit is still open - maybe it is that they were referring to
Yes, the Cheshunt Urgent Care Centre has been replaced by a Minor Injuries Unit.
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