'Humiliating defeat' awaits doctors
SO West Wirral Group Practice refuses to give up their dream fantasy of a super-surgery at The Warrens.
First there was a planning application and it failed for good reasons. Despite this, they paid for a traffic survey in a weak and deeply flawed attempt to prove The Warrens site isn't too busy. A blind person can tell it's already too busy!
They then paid for a site survey, with the permission of Wirral Council, to enable them to design their ideal building and car park layout despite their earlier planning application failure. That, in itself, was already beyond belief.
Then they employed planning consultants to create a lavish design with no expense spared! They then submitted another planning application which was the same as the first - and again it failed for the same reasons as before.
That last failure, however, was far greater in that far more people were involved and we objected vociferously.
The planning committee voted unanimously against the Primary Care Trust's (PCT) proposals - their supporters were so few and weak it was an embarrassment, the objectors were many and jubilant . . . and the PCT and doctors had to walk out of the Town Hall with their tails between their legs'!
What is more, most people present believed that surely the doctors would now give up their ridiculous and massively unpopular plans.
But no, clearly they don't think that they have wasted enough public money yet and now they are pursuing an expensive public inquiry, despite being told it was not in the public's interests to do so.
Perhaps if they had to pay for everything out of their immense and undeserved salaries they might never have considered such a stupid crusade in the first place.
Unfortunately, these doctors are clearly arrogant and ignorant and don't seem to realise that they are heading for the most humiliating public defeat of their lives. They're like spoilt, petulant children who've set their hearts on a very expensive toy which, hopefully, they're just not going to get.
They're making themselves extremely unpopular and I very much doubt that West Wirral Group Practice can survive for much longer whatever the result of the public inquiry - and I, for one, won't miss them!
D.V. Hall,
Kings Drive,
Irby
1:48pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Dr Stephen Forster, Heswall on 8:59pm Fri 9 May 08
i feel it is disappointing that the Wirral Globe took a view to publish the letter from Mr D Hall ("humiliating defeat awaits doctors" - 6th may).This is obviously an extremely emotive subject and generates strong feelings on both sides but Mr Hall's letter quickly descended into a vindictive and personal attack against the hard working doctors at West Wirral Group Practice. He is obviously very angry but I do not feel this was an appropriate forum for such a "rant".
i feel it is disappointing that the Wirral Globe took a view to publish the letter from Mr D Hall ("humiliating defeat awaits doctors" - 6th may).This is obviously an extremely emotive subject and generates strong feelings on both sides but Mr Hall's letter quickly descended into a vindictive and personal attack against the hard working doctors at West Wirral Group Practice. He is obviously very angry but I do not feel this was an appropriate forum for such a "rant".
Posted by: Dave Rimmer, Wallasey on 12:43am Sat 10 May 08
Dr Forster....I do believe that Dave Hall has every right to be angry at the PCT`s actions. Whilst he may have been a little agressive with his terminology just bear in mind that the facts he has put forward are correct.
The council planning committee have turned down planning persmission on two separate occasions for legitimate reasons and yet the PCT keep spending, presumably, large amounts of money fighting those decisions made by our elected council. So can you tell us when the PCT intend to give up the expensive fight against a democratic decision made by Metropolitan Borough of Wirral twice. I am no lawyer and not a planner but arent the council abiding by government guidelines on Greenbelt land which the PCT seem hell bent on ignoring.
Dr Forster....I do believe that Dave Hall has every right to be angry at the PCT`s actions. Whilst he may have been a little agressive with his terminology just bear in mind that the facts he has put forward are correct.
The council planning committee have turned down planning persmission on two separate occasions for legitimate reasons and yet the PCT keep spending, presumably, large amounts of money fighting those decisions made by our elected council. So can you tell us when the PCT intend to give up the expensive fight against a democratic decision made by Metropolitan Borough of Wirral twice. I am no lawyer and not a planner but arent the council abiding by government guidelines on Greenbelt land which the PCT seem hell bent on ignoring.
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