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Keep Our Hospital in Norwich

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Public comments from the Castle Mall Exhibition June 1997 - Page 5


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PAS Norwich - I agree with the above comments. The hospital should be at the centre of the community.

Mrs S Attleborough

SS Attleborough

VH Costessey

AE-B Coltishall - What a waste to move. What about the cost!

Family BH Catton - What price democracy. We do not want the hospital at Colney.

JL Catton

BM Sprowston - Keep it where it is.

MB Norwich

PD Norwich

Mr & Mrs PFC Norwich - Living both county and city the only place is where it is.

KH Norwich

AR Norwich - Distance + travel costs to proposed site. Present one is central.

PS Hethersett - Solve parking on present site by using Mackintosh's factory site. At very least keep the old site on for "long term care".

RS Tibenham

VR Norwich

DF Norwich

MLH Norwich - Bring health support to the people, not make people go to the health support.

CG Norwich - The hospital is fine how it is. Too much money has been spent on it to move it.

DP Norwich - Please leave the hospital in Norwich but sort out the parking problem!!

Mr & Mrs AE Hindringham - The present hospital is very convenient for out-patients.

LA Norwich - It'd be a great waste of money if they moved it as they've just refurbished the majority of the N&N.

DB-S Norwich - The hospital needs to be where the people are and those with difficulties + no transport can get to easily.

NW Poringland

BJ North Walsham - The hospital should be in the city centre.

PF North Walsham

CM Dereham

MH Wymondham - People should be considered for their needs, not just to put in developers' pockets.

JS Norwich - Keep the hospital where the need is.

? Cromer - Stop this madness and renew the existing hospital at city site.

AW Norwich

GW Norwich

MA Norwich - Please keep our hospital in city.

BPW Norwich - Please keep our hospital in city.

RLR Norwich

GWM Norwich

DLC Sprowston

RDE Sprowston - Accessibility.

MAL Sprowston

HNB Beighton

JB Reepham

BB Norwich - Why won't they listen to all the people?

RD Hevingham - Keep the N&N as well, we need 2 hospitals not one smaller one out of the way.

GM Aylsham - Not all the people want it in Colney. MPs should listen to what the public wants!

NB Aylsham

LT Norwich - Keep patients happy, not the doctors. Keep it where it is!

PH Norwich

CP Thorpe - Ridiculous idea to move out of city to Colney - hospital should be at the heart of Norwich community.

SB Norwich - I say leave it where it is. After all they've done all the work on it why waste money. Leave it alone because people have put all effort in and now it's a waste.

ST Norwich - Absolutely ridiculous. How will Cringleford and Colney handle the volume of traffic. We need a hospital in Norwich.

JR Spixworth - Ditto everything as above!

DS New Buckenham - W wider view of the impact of moving the hospital from the city centre must be taken both in terms of the convenience of all the hospital users and the wider economy of the city.

KMS Thorpe - Please keep hospital in city. Hospital should be in city centre where all public transport comes in to!!

JH Norwich

LH Norwich - Why move?

GH Norwich - The Norwich hospital should be in Norwich.

Mr & Mrs AF Norwich

GHD Stalham - we need the hospital in Norwich - it does a good job. The parking is another problem.

AG Norwich - Keep it in Norwich, accessible for everyone.

JH Norwich - Keep in Norwich.

Mr & Mrs GJD Brundall - The Norwich hospital must be kept in Norwich. The shops would suffer if it was moved.

EQ Norwich - Transport needs should be paramount in siting a hospital which will cater for an ever ageing population in the next 20 years. PROXIMITY.

PW Horsham St Faith - Keep the hospital in the city as it is much more convenient.

JN Norwich - Keep the hospital open in the city centre.

MP Norwich - I have worked at the hospital for nine and a half months, so I would like it to stay.

GW Blofield Heath - It is mad to have the hospital anywhere else than in NORWICH.

BM Taverham - If BUPA was not at Colney the new hospital would remain in the city.

JM Taverham - We must keep it in Norwich.

Mr & Mrs MS Cromer - Central Norwich is best. What about transport facilities for the visitors.

Mr & Mrs BM Norwich - Allow the speed boys on the bypasses and keep the roads into Norwich for ambulances and bicycles.

MS - No to Colney the penalty clause is irrelevant.

JE Poringland - Keep in Norwich for those who cannot afford to travel to Colney for easy access.

JD Taverham - Keep in Norwich as it is better for everyone.

Mr & Mrs B Norwich - Keep in Norwich. Access for older people without transport easier.

AT Swainsthorpe

DH Palgrave - Most people in Hospital are elderly - they have elderly visitors, they need easy access. Norwich not Colney.

BB Costessey - It makes sense to keep such an important thing as a hospital central to everyone. Keep it in the city!

SF Norwich - Essential to be in the city.

JD Norwich - We need our hospital in the city centre!

EP Taverham - Please use existing site to provide the new N&N. Colney too isolated and would cause traffic problems to people who are able to make their way there.

JM New Costessey - Why not fund NHS better and provide 2 facilities.

JC Norwich - Strongly in favour of keeping the hospital in the city centre.

DW Peterborough

Family R - Keep our hospital.

AM - Keep the hospital local. We locals need it.

LW - Keep it where it is!

SS - Keep it in Norwich.

SR - Keep it in Norwich.

GPS Sprowston - Keep where it is please.

SM NOrwich - More convenient.

MD Cringleford - Have they considered fully the environmental impact of the hospital ? ? or Colney? Keep it in the city.

AB - Plenty of space where Nestlé'swas, just across the road from the N&N.

MAL Sheringham - Keep hospital where it is.

AH Norwich - I would like to have been given the chance to state my choice and opinion on where the hospital should be built. This would have been in Norwich.

PD Spixworth - Please keep hospital in Norwich.

NR Norwich - Please keep our hospital n Norwich.

NS Southacre - Most people who use the hospital live in Norwich. Why move it out?

KR Norwich - Why spend more money after all the innovations at the N&N.

DO Norwich - They've helped me enough times in the A&E. Keep it in the city.

ME Hethersett - I have no car - I need a hospital in Norwich - please don't waste money to make things more difficult.

RVG New Costessey - Transport to new hospital will be very difficult for people without cars.

MG Norwich - It's local and people who have not got a car can't get there!!!

RS Norwich - It is best for everyone as journeys are expensive.

EG Norwich - Transport problems from outlying areas much better to be central.

JP Attleborough - The hospital is excellent! I am a patient the care is good.

CP North Walsham - A hospital South of the city is not beneficial to those of us who live in North Norfolk. Very little comment has been made on this aspect. The extra time required to reach Colney could mean the difference between life and death. It will also create a great more anxiety for older people having to travel the extra distance.

Mr & Mrs PWE Sprowston - Much needed within Norwich. Being accessible for majority of people.

Mr & Mrs G - Keep the hospital in the city.

DC - Inconvenient for patients and workers.

TS Thorpe St Andrew - Far better to keep hospital in the city.

BW Norwich - Enough Money already spent on the existing hospital.

VC - Keep the hospital in Norwich.

BB Scratby - Can't do without it. And How!!!

MS Fleggburgh - We need a hospital which is easy to get to.

JMS Fleggburgh - Keep Norwich hospital the best in the country!

BEJ Norwich - The hospital must be kept in the city. What about a casualty unit? Why not take over the chocolate factory site with an interconnecting tunnel beneath Chaplefield. And what about those who live outside Norwich attending clinics. They will need two buses to get out to Colney.

NE Norwich - I do not want the countryside wrecked when there is no reason for the hospital being built there.

ME Norwich - What about local people paying out for bus fares to get to hospital - not everyone has a car!

BR Norwich - Please keep the hospital in the city centre for everybody.

PP Norwich - Please keep a hospital in the city centre. Is better for people to get to if not arriving in an ambulance!

PR New Costessey - We need a central hospital - for quickness, convenience and for people with no transport.

JL Banham - Please keep our hospital local.

Mr & Mrs W - Norwich - We need the hospital kept where it is because we spend a lot of time there with our 2 small children who have a mild cerebral palsy.

Mr & Mrs SK Norwich - Taking local trade away from the city centre.

Mr & Mrs DC Norwich

AD Norwich - I would like to know who got the money from moving from old site to new. I was never asked!

SM Carleton Rode

MDP Loddon - Needed exactly where it is. Don't move the hospital.

JS Norwich - Ditto. Extra parking where hospital is currently situated would improve matters - ask consultants why they want hospital right next to university.

OK Norwich - Please keep open for the people of Norwich.

PA Norwich - Keep hospital in the city. It's better for the people and better for trading. Car parking facilities are needed though. Keep the countryside rural!

JW N&N

BC N&N - I wish the green area to remain green & believe a city centre hospital helps business and public alike.

CW - Needs to be central for people.

JH

JMT - Better off for staff to stay in the city.

JB Norwich - Needs to be in the city centre - needs to be developed on original site.

CL Norwich - Keep our hospital here.

LL Norwich - Unnecessary.

EP Thorpe End - ???

Mr & Mrs H Beccles

JH Norwich

LL Norwich - Keep our hospital where it is please.

SLE - One big cover up.

Mr & Mrs C Norwich - Keep our hospital in Norwich.

AR - We need our hospital here.

JS Norwich

Mr & Mrs H Norwich

JH - Transport!

RB - Danger of serious out of town development and access problems.

JCS - Underground car park + keep in the city.

VS - Transport problems.

SW - Disgraceful.

MF - Keep local hospitals, don't be daft.

VH - The emphasis on using public transport and not building on green field site - thus encouraging greater car use - should be priority for Millennium.

CF Thorpe - I use the hospital regularly and it should be kept in the city.

Mr & Mrs C Norwich - Why change a good thing?

VM Norwich - A city needs a hospital in the city centre.

Mr & Mrs B Norwich - We need our hospital in the centre of Norwich.

JC Hellesdon - Keep it in the city.

LW Norwich - Don't waste any more money. Keep it 9in the city.

SR Norwich - Please keep our hospital in our city where we need it!

CB Norwich - Keep our hospital in the city where everyone has access to its NHS NATIONAL.

Mr & Mrs PQ Catton - Norwich is a central point for bus and rail. Keep our hospital in the centre of Norwich.

LF Norwich - Closing the hospital in the city would cause massive problems for people in the city, particularly people without money for transport. Environmentally and politically it's also unsound.

JD Norwich Ditto.

SO Norwich

EH Newton St Faith - Norwich should have the hospital in the city for easy access for those without private transport. Green belt areas such as Colney should not be built on. This Colney idea is only for 1) the businessmen who will profit 2) the consultants et. who want it near to their private facilities. Listen to the people!

PR Dereham - Lets keep N&N where it is. More convenient and it has everything that's needed here.

MC Sprowston - Keep it in town.

RB North Walsham - I feel that it is a scandal to go to a green field site and to have a development which will increase dependency on cars.

BLQ Hellesdon - There is no need to go to the expense of building a new hospital when the present one could be improved for half the cost and the remainder of the money available could be used to purchase the most up to date equipment and carry on the excellent work that the N&N is renowned for.

SG Costessey

Mr & Mrs MM Norwich - Keep our hospital in Norwich.

DH Spixworth - Why move an easily accessible hospital in the city centre to somewhere difficult for the elderly etc.?

DL Norwich - Keep our hospital in Norwich!

SVEH Norwich - Keep in Norwich.

AF Norwich - I spent many days visiting my daughter at the N&N - without transport I wouldn't have been able to do this at Colney - Save the N&N.

LB Norwich - Keep it in Norwich - access is needed for city residents too!

IR Norwich - I enjoy working there as a volunteer. But not at Colney.

ER Norwich - Please keep it in city for people with no transport.

MB Thorpe St Andrew - Like current position. Easy to access for all.

EAV Norwich - We need it where it is!!

AB Norwich - How on earth are we going to make our appointments so far out of the city?

HA Norwich - Some of us don't have cars. Please keep the hospital in the city where we can all get to it.

PC Norwich - It's part of my heritage. Hate to see it go.

KG Catton - It's not accessible at Colney + it's a waste of money which will be taken from community care etc..

MA Catton - No transport to Colney.

LS Norwich - Leave where it is.

TM Norwich - Colney is against government guidelines.

Mrs B Norwich - Why don't the powers that be listen? What's the point of a consultation exercise if they ignore the results?

CW Norwich - Please keep the hospital in the city for everyone.

GG Norwich - As above.

WJB Norwich - Betrayed by our two Labour MPs for Norwich. People won't forget. Even if it is five years before the next general election!

KC Haddiscoe - Old people particularly will be ? ? to get transport out of the city.

IW Carbrooke - Keep hospital in city as more accessible to public transport.

JS Thorpe End - Keep the hospital where the people can have access to it. Norwich & Norfolk people need a hospital in Norwich not some out of the way convenient alternative!!

VE Norwich - Leave the hospital where it belongs.

Mr & Mrs IB Kirstead Green - Spend the money on the hospital where it is.

LF Norwich - It's a shame when the NHS becomes a business not a service. Keep the hospital where it is.


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