19 June 2006

Scarborough Hospital

Scarborough Hospital is in danger of losing many services to York. A&E as well as many surgical procedures could be transferred to York, leaving Scarborough with nothing more than a minor injuries unit staffed by nurses.

This is a disgusting state of affairs. If taxes were properly spent in this country, instead of thrown into the bottomless pit known as the EU, then there would be more than enough money for all places to have a fully functioning hospital. Hospital services are a vital thing in Scarborough. York is 45 miles away, and in an emergency time is of the essence. How many lives would be lost needlessly in the time it would take to travel from Scarborough to York for treatment?

What about those who are expected to make the journey to York for treatment but have no means of transport there? Are they to be denied treatment?

The priorities of this government should be radically altered. Instead of throwing away taxpayers money and wasting soldiers' lives in Iraq, throwing away taxpayers money on the EU and foreign aid and MPs giving themselves ever more obscene pay increases, taxpayers money should be ploughed into the NHS, transport, pensions, schools, police.