GP patients have been 'betrayed', a councillor has said, after it was confirmed the public will have no say in where a controversial health 'superhub' is located
GP patients have been "betrayed", a councillor has said, after it was confirmed the public will have no say in where a controversial health "superhub" is located.Councillor Bernie Bentick speaking at a protest against the health hub, which would see six surgeries close and move to a new building, will be decided behind closed doors.would mean six GP surgeries in Shrewsbury being closed and moved to the hub, which would affect 45,000 patients.
"The issues here are multifold. Car parking has not been fully acknowledged as an issue and nor has public transport access. They repeat they will have a weighting process, but have declined to give details. The decision-making process seems to be weighted on individual decisions rather than any objective standards - what they say goes. That is not good enough for residents.”
"NHS bosses say the public don’t need to have a say on the decision as it is a matter of fact. They seem to give less weight to the matter of fact that hundreds or thousands of local people will find it harder to access basic healthcare if their decision goes ahead.” “A technical assessment criterion, for example: ‘Does the site meet the minimum area required?’ was applied to obtain a shortlist of ten potential viable sites. The ten shortlisted sites were then assessed further based on the weighted benefit of each location, as well as a comprehensive travel analysis for each proposed location.
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