Public comments from the Castle Mall Exhibition June 1997 - Page 3
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AW Barford
JT Norwich - We need the hospital to be central for visiting etc. not in Colney.
M & VD Dereham - How do we get to hospital from the country?
Mr & Mrs B Diss
TP - Need it for easy use.
MS - Ease of access for visitors and patients ie the customers and those who pay for the service. Patients recover if they have visitors.
AR
RT - Needed, very important. I am programmed in at the hospital.
HML - Centrally placed for regular visiting.
WA Norwich - Because Mum will lose her job.
FM Norwich - Unnecessary travel involved causing problems for regular users such as the elderly chronically sick.
JE Norwich - Need to keep central for access plus loss of jobs.
PC Spixworth - Keep it central for ease of access for patients, visitors etc. Colney would be difficult, no easy transport.
SG Norwich - The present hospital is in the correct place. Please do not move it.
?? Norwich - The need to keep hospital central is greater than the need for a smaller one.
MF Hellesdon - The current hospital site gives good access to all. Why pay so much for a new site when there is a hospital already in Norwich.
PD Sprowston - Take trade from the city.
SF East Harling - Leave well alone, keep it where it is.
JW Norwich - Thousands of journeys are made to a hospital. We are meant to be cutting down on the use of cars, not increasing it.
BT Norwich - It will be far too expensive to travel to Colney Lane. Two bus journeys, for elderly people waiting for busses in cold weather will be too much.
NT Norwich - Be too far for a lot of people to travel, and too expensive for people with no transport.
RL Norwich - The hospital is for people, so the people should have a say. Keep it in Norwich.
JR Plymouth - Keep the hospital where it is as it is convenient for the people of Norwich.
JJ Norwich - More convenient to keep in the city for everyone.
CAN Norwich - Keep the hospital in Norwich.
LP Norwich - Hospital is needed close to city centre for easy access.
LC Tasburgh - The obvious place is in the city.
WE & D P
RFG - Keep the hospital in the city.
? Norwich - Never leave the city.
A Thurton - Difficult to travel outside city.
RB - Keep hospital accessible to non car drivers.
JB Norwich - We must keep the hospital in the city centre, where everyone has access to it.
BMS Norwich - I have to visit the hospital 3-6 weeks. I cannot understand spending money on the hospitals then wanting to build a new one. What a waste of money.
AM Norwich - Something to think about: Colney = traffic = asthma = more sickness. What sort of hospital is it that actually generates illness and an unhealthy environment. South Norfolk D.C planners = you don't deserve to be in office.
PG Norwich - Stay as it is. Keep our hospital.
EEP - Norwich for hospital only. No Colney if you please.
SAB - NO TO COLNEY, the centre of Norwich is dieing, it is being killed off by our planners who don't know what to do with the centre due to lack of inspired leadership. Green field sites are an easy option to enable developers to make big profits at the expense of the community who have to pay for it in the end. Keep our hospital in the city centre.
ICDW Hardwick - Too much money for fewer beds.
SG Attleborough - Even if you move out of the city how much car parking will there be? It is not a very big site really is it? Keep it central.
RD Ipswich - Keep it central to the city. Why move it anyway? The Colney site is 3 - 4 miles out of town. Wondering about me in Ipswich? I have lived in Norwich from 72-76.
GT Norwich - The Michael Innes plan looks very logical and practical. How can the wishes of the local people be ignored. We should have a local referendum.
DB Norwich - I think it will put lives at risk being out so far and why not spend the money on the old hospital. NOT just for the MPs but for the people of Norwich.
DR East Harling - I don't have any complaint with the old hospital. Why change it? Just sort out underground parking.
C & VW Sprowston - Stay in the city where it belongs.
TT Norwich - It would be a terrible loss to the city.
PM Norwich - The proposed new hospital would be too far to go plus the hospital now is OK.
RJ & DC Hellesdon - Keep hospital in Norwich.
SMJ Norwich - I had a spell at the N&N last year. It was invaluable for family & friends to be able to get there easily and "pop to the shops" for me. Don't make our health service elitist ie for those with car transport.
UC Norwich - Keep it in the city and you 2 MPs keep your pre-election promises. It was part of your manifesto.
RP Norwich - Cost and much easier for visitors.
PW Norwich - Smaller hospitals cannot cope when increase in admissions rise (emergency flu, accidents etc.).
MS Norwich - Keep it where it is.
HM Norwich - Keep it where it is - (if the car park costs could be reduced!!).
CM - Only sensible.
BG - Keep it where it is.
SH - Keep the hospital in the city! Don't destroy another meadow, another tree, more wildlife habitat!
WH Norwich - I suppose you want the hospital out of the city are not handicapped, ie have use of all your joints eg hips, back etc. Can you get on a bus, use a push-bike. Keep the hospital where it is, this way you will cut down on expensive hospital transport.
CW Norwich - Keep the life of the city in the city!
SV Norwich - I'm pleased to be living car free and intend to remain so. Public facilities as important as hospitals must be kept in the city centre where public transportation is frequent and relatively convenient. Keep the N&N!
LLS Norwich - To enable health care to be accessible to all of the community. The N&N should be expanded, care should remain in Norwich city centre.
MS - Please keep the N&N hospital where it is, will save money on developing new site.
RB Norwich - Leave where it is.
EMS Wymondham - Keep it where it is.
LF Norwich - Norwich needs it in the heart of the city.
SH - Keep it where it is.
CL Norwich
JR Norwich - Keep it in the city.
? - Leave it in the city centre.
CL Norwich - It is obviously better - economically, socially and medically (More ?) and vastly better for Norwich.
DMP - Keep it where it is. Environmentally N&N should stay where it is. Car = pollution = more illnesses!!
ER - Keep it where it is please.
LRS Sprowston - Don't move it!
GWK Norwich - Keep the hospital where it is needed. We don't all drive.
VW Blofield - A move will damage the city of Norwich.
SC Norwich - Keep N&N hospital on existing site, spend the extra money saved on extra facilities.
FA Thorpe
MW Norwich - I ask who will benefit from the move, certainly not the patients with only half the beds on offer?
MW Norwich
SB Norwich - Build on old site.
EWB Newton Flotman - Keep the old site.
JDB - With our road system how do people get to Colney in a hurry from North Norfolk?
DWS Diss - I live in Diss.
HH & JH Norwich - It is common sense to keep the N&N.
FW Norwich - The N&N should be expanded on the existing site. How can an 800 bed hospital at Colney replace both the N&N and the West Norwich hospitals? Also what about the building going on at our existing hospitals, will that be more NHS money wasted?
CC Norwich - No transport, can't drive and unemployed. Also what are people to do when buses have stopped running at night times?
MC Norwich - Should be kept in the city not out in the countryside. Inconvenient for most people.
Mr & Mrs W North Walsham - No transport. Don't drive.
Mr & Mrs G Norwich - Should be in the city not at the back of beyond. Keep our city hospital and if necessary extend to vacant nearby plant eg Nestlé's old site.
Mrs S Catton - I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't want to keep the hospital in the city. What are the planners thinking of?
RM Norwich - Keep the hospital in the city centre where it is accessible to everyone.
LH Norwich - Build new hospital with good bus service - will cost less to run than old one and will be modern purpose built and give lots of people jobs building it!
NG Norwich - Keep the hospital in the city.
KG - No transport, can't drive, can't afford taxis!
RP - Why destroy beautiful countryside and cause even more traffic on the roads. Leave the hospital in the city.
HF Norwich - I think the Colney site is best for Norwich.
RC Norwich - Keep the hospital in the city where the majority of the people without their own transport live. The Colney deal stinks of the corruption "New Labour" has vowed to stamp out.
Mr & Mrs D Costessey - Why rip up whole countryside? Why waste huge investment made at N&N by starting again from scratch? More coming and going in and out of the city. Extend across to the old Nestlé's site. With underground parking.
LB Norwich
NR Norwich
Mr & Mrs GD North Walsham - They should improve the hospital as it is without wasting any more money, where it is now there are plenty of ways of getting to the hospital. You try getting an ambulance or transport from the coast through Norwich to Colney!
LA Norwich - Leave it in the city centre it is convenient for buses etc.. I've just had my second baby there and it is central for everyone.
JC Norwich - Keep the N&N in the city centre.
EW Norwich - Keep the N&N central. Norwich needs it for so many reasons. Leave the green belt green.
? Norwich - Stop this Tory waste - keep our hospital in Norwich!
Mr & Mrs FT - Make Labour MPs fight harder not to be new Tories.
BL - Waste of money, plenty of room to build where the present one is.
AW - Keep it where it is.
AC - Keep the hospital where the people are!
MF - Ditto.
LA - Keep it where it is.
FA - Ditto.
MA - Ditto.
DM - Ditto.
GM - Ditto.
AP - Ditto.
DW - Ditto.
PC - Ditto.
DW - Keep it here emergencies will take longer to get and because of this it is not practical!
? Norwich - 1) Ex? costs high to city.
2) Transport problems.
3) City revitalisation.
Why should we pay for consultants to be close to their private incomes at BUPA hospital? No thought for patients and visitors.
Family C Norwich - Relocating the hospital will be damaging the city of Norwich. Lives will be put at risk, keep it where it is for the sake of the people.
CA & GPN Norwich
Mr & Mrs F Norwich - This hospital site will be a worry if you do not drive also for the elderly.
MJW Norwich - The wishes of the people should be listened to. A hospital in the city is essential, and is best in every respect.
KJM Norwich
SA Norwich - We need the hospital in the city - I'll be there holding hands - lets hope it helps.
PW Norwich - Lets keep the status quo. Keep transport levels down.
MF County - The new hospital should be within the city.
TB Norwich - A hospital needs to be within easy access. Colney is not.
B Norwich - The new hospital should be in the city.
O & DR Norwich
JR Norwich - WHY?
JH Norwich - Absolute waste of money...
PH Norwich - ..and a waste of time.
JDB Rackheath - I would feel very uneasy knowing the hospital was so far away.
ML Norwich - It is a complete inconvenience to all being so far out of the city - we were not given a chance to vote!
KL Norwich - Just to leave the hospital where it is.
PB Sprowston - It is better left where it is.
MJH Sprowston - Essential to keep the hospital in the city.
LN Loddon - Should be easy access within the city.
MC Norwich - Again why? A ridiculous waste of money for provision of poorer facilities than previously available!
JH Norwich - I am totally opposed to the Colney site.
PL Norwich - I am totally opposed to the site at Colney.
J & GK Brundall - Stay in city.
Family R Cromer - Maybe if normal working people's views were listened to I am sure the hospital would stay where it is for the good of everyone.
CS - Local people can't reach new location because of lack of transport.
ML - Lack of transport. Kill off city.
AB Blofield
CC Old Buckenham - Easier to work at!!
NR - We need to keep our hospital in the city for easy access.
LD - Lack of transport, we need our hospital.
LVM - We need our hospital in Norwich - it makes sense to take one bus in to Norwich rather than one bus in and one bus out.
TAD - It is too far out of the city.
KB - The hospital is central now, lets keep it that way.
GW - It must stay in Norwich as it is central.
LBJ - It is far easier for all if it stays in Norwich.
PT - As a staff nurse the hospital needs to stay in the city.
CW Hainford
BB Norwich
MG Norwich - Let us vote for what we want!
CS Norwich
SH Cringleford - Keep it in Norwich.
SA Taverham - WE DON'T ALL DRIVE.
PJS Taverham
MP Norwich - Keep in Norwich. We don't drive.
MB Costessey - Keep in Norwich.
DY + MJH Sprowston - Why waste money on improving the present hospital as at present if you want to move. Leave well alone.
MA Norwich - Central position most convenient for all of Norwich and its inner surroundings.
J & JK Aldborough - When you live in the sticks we need a hospital we can get to. What do you do when you haven't transport. I live in Cromer.
PB & JB Sprowston - Quite satisfied where it is.
LS Norwich - Living in the city we need a hospital where we can get to easily.
KS Norwich - Need a hospital in the city centre.
KN Cringleford - Traffic pileups in and around the local villages will cause chaos! Surely not everyone has cars to access Cringleford?
RC Norwich - Who are these contractors now holding us to ransom?
MC Lingwood - PFI is good. Site is wrong.
PH Thorpe - It is in the right place now!
MW North Walsham
HB North Walsham
MB New Costessey
KF Norwich
FG Norwich
SB Erpingham - A free bus service must be provided if the hospital moves.
PCA Norwich - Can you fight upper management?
AJ Norwich - Leave it in the city!
AR Norwich - Leave it in the city! (The sketches appear to indicate the demolition of Thomas Ivory's original hospital - not acceptable).
PE Norwich - The N&N must stay where it is. The only sensible thing to do!!
SW Cambridge - Don't waste precious NHS money by moving it.
FD Edenbridge - Leave it where it is.
PC - I can't get to Colney on my bike. West Norwich hospital is far enough.
C Norwich - It's simple sense.
GR Norwich - Why move it and increase traffic around the UEA site?