Comments on: New Beverley Hospital given greenlight by planners http://www.grahamstuart.com/2009/09/17/new-beverley-hospital-given-greenlight-by-planners/ The official website of Graham Stuart MP Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:53:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ian munro http://www.grahamstuart.com/2009/09/17/new-beverley-hospital-given-greenlight-by-planners/comment-page-1/#comment-492 ian munro Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:15:57 +0000 http://grahamstuart.com/?p=382#comment-492 Do you recall the rather generous pay increases that ERYC cabinet members gave themselves a while ago? Well done you lot - they must have known that spending cuts were on the way so like the opportunists they are, they got their order in early!! Yorkshire Post has advised that one cabinet member, Sue Lockwood, has been offered an early retirement based on the inflated salary of £117000 and the offer to her is worth in the region of £360,000 - nice work if you can get it.I suppose as usual it will go through on the nod and the bill will be picked up by the council tax payers. I sincerely hope that serious questions will be asked about the way things get done at ERYC. Do you recall the rather generous pay increases that ERYC cabinet members gave themselves a while ago? Well done you lot – they must have known that spending cuts were on the way so like the opportunists they are, they got their order in early!!
Yorkshire Post has advised that one cabinet member, Sue Lockwood, has been offered an early retirement based on the inflated salary of £117000 and the offer to her is worth in the region of £360,000 – nice work if you can get it.I suppose as usual it will go through on the nod and the bill will be picked up by the council tax payers.
I sincerely hope that serious questions will be asked about the way things get done at ERYC.

]]> By: ian munro http://www.grahamstuart.com/2009/09/17/new-beverley-hospital-given-greenlight-by-planners/comment-page-1/#comment-283 ian munro Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:50:37 +0000 http://grahamstuart.com/?p=382#comment-283 It is clear that the majority of local people find the choice of Swinemoor Lane as the site for the proposed new hospital rather bizarre. Furthermore, the ERYC councillors on the planning committee were not given any choice of site, it was either Swinemoor or Swinemoor!!!!! How annoyed and powerless they must have felt. Some councillors only voted in favour because it was implied that if they delayed, then the funding would probably be lost. There is a delay now and funding appears to be still available!! It goes without saying that a quality hospital in Beverley is highly desirable but NOT in an area where traffic problems are enormous, flooding is a regular feature and where rare species of fauna and flora thrive.The ambulance station stands out as the obvious and best location. It is clear that the majority of local people find the choice of Swinemoor Lane as the site for the proposed new hospital rather bizarre. Furthermore, the ERYC councillors on the planning committee were not given any choice of site, it was either Swinemoor or Swinemoor!!!!! How annoyed and powerless they must have felt. Some councillors only voted in favour because it was implied that if they delayed, then the funding would probably be lost. There is a delay now and funding appears to be still available!!
It goes without saying that a quality hospital in Beverley is highly desirable but NOT in an area where traffic problems are enormous, flooding is a regular feature and where rare species of fauna and flora thrive.The ambulance station stands out as the obvious and best location.

]]> By: Sylvia Ashwell http://www.grahamstuart.com/2009/09/17/new-beverley-hospital-given-greenlight-by-planners/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Sylvia Ashwell Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:52:41 +0000 http://grahamstuart.com/?p=382#comment-281 I agree with Neil, and many others, that the siting of the new hospital has been rail-roaded. Several public consultations have taken place about several aspects of the hospital(with,until the most recent meeting, extremely limited circulation to any lay person or group outside the immediate health-care operations). But at not one of these consultations has an answer been given as to why they were not preceded by a full consultation on the most fundamental aspect of all...where the hospital should be placed. The health of the local environment, traffic control, and access by users outside Beverley itself are all issues on this chosen site. I agree with Neil, and many others, that the siting of the new hospital has been rail-roaded. Several public consultations have taken place about several aspects of the hospital(with,until the most recent meeting, extremely limited circulation to any lay person or group outside the immediate health-care operations). But at not one of these consultations has an answer been given as to why they were not preceded by a full consultation on the most fundamental aspect of all…where the hospital should be placed.

The health of the local environment, traffic control, and access by users outside Beverley itself are all issues on this chosen site.

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