Disgraceful decision

LIKE all Worthing residents, I am very pleased that Worthing Hospital is to be saved, but it is still a disgraceful political decision.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Jun 2008, 14:16 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:30 BST

Both hospitals are very necessary.

Sussex is a very spread county with a rising population, and many people living in the west of the county will be denied adequate medical care.

They will have to travel to Worthing or Portsmouth and add to already overloaded resources.

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It is clear that the people making these decisions care only for appeasing their political masters and protecting their bonuses.

I may be accused of being cynical but I believe that we in the south are being treated with contempt because we do not have many Labour MPs or marginal seats for the government to worry about.

Although Worthing has survived this time, it would not be a major surprise if it was downgraded at a later stage, when the decision makers believe that the dust has safely settled.

Peter Clynes

Worthing

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