howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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23 January 2009
23:1613689buckland, we are told is "not fit for purpose".
i am not sure what that actually means.
as an addendum, marek( a while back) gave a very good post in support of the new facility
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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23 January 2009
23:1813690he pointed out that the majority of people going to hospitals are the old and infirm, returning home the same day.
the town centre location is ideal for them.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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24 January 2009
09:2413703"Not fit for purpose" means that the physical structure is not fit for the purpose of being a hospital.
The new hospital will be more central, easier to get to for all people, especially the elderly and/or those with mobility problems as all the buses have low floor technology, making it so much easier to get on and off.
It's also being future-proofed, so as our population and needs grow, so can the hospital.
Roger
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 January 2009
13:5813720But the 'new hospital' isn't a hospital, it's a clinic! - it will 'not be fit for purpose' for being a hospital as it isn't one, correct me if I am wrong
Brian Dixon
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24 January 2009
14:2413721correct barryws,low floor buses do go up to coombe vally bus no 67 i believe,3 times an hour during the day and once an hour evening and all day sundays and bank holidays.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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24 January 2009
15:0913724Brian when peope say it will be easier to attend a new health facility in centre of town they are correct .Currently for most people travelling on the bus to Buckland Hospital it means change of buses ,River ,Aycliffe Whitfield ,Temple Ewell all these people have to change buses in Town .New facillity Centre of Town ,off bus ,short walk to new health facilities .No one ever said it was going to be a hospital,but more facilties than we have now.
24 January 2009
15:2813727Isn't that more of an argument for better bus services rather than a replacement clinic instead of a hospital with fewer/different facilities?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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24 January 2009
15:5413729changing is no problem if they more joined up [i hate using that prase],is it because people cant be botherd to wait a few minutes between getting off one and waiting for another.its not rocket sience you know.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 January 2009
17:1013736It will not be a hospital,more like one big sick bay.
Vic MATCHAM
24 January 2009
17:1813737Matron - the screens!!!
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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24 January 2009
17:2113743Don't know much about hospitals, apart from endless journeys ferrying Dovorians back and forth to William Harvey and QEQM. However, to my mind they usually have beds. Buckland had beds and the new one will not. Therefore, as Sue says, the new one is not a hospital. I know that hospitals have beds because my mum was a Nursing Sister. She trained and subsequently worked at St. Mary Abbots hospital in London. I clearly remember her saying that they had beds, lots of them.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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24 January 2009
17:2513746beds usually are necessary items for hospitals.
where else would they have to put the bedpans?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 January 2009
17:2813747Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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24 January 2009
17:3913749The 'more services' in the new clinic seem to consist of the ones that have been cut from Buckland so were they cut back in order to make their restoration in the new clinic look good?
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Guest 648- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 January 2009
19:3713751Bern there are frequent buses to St Radigunds the point is you have to come into town then go out again .Brian i assume you are still reasonably fit and not ederly .If you live in the places i stated you have to get off one bus and wait for another .Not good Brian when you are going to a health facility for treatment or to see a consultant .If you drive a journey from River to buckland is five minutes .Bus journey thirtyfive minutes thats if you dont have to wait for a connexion .New facilities twelve minutes then off bus across the road alldone in 15minutes .Near to the chemist .Pop into a cafe for a cup of tea and home .
WE were never promised a hospital
Maybe a coffee in Age Concern .
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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24 January 2009
19:4013752whenis a hospital not a hospital,when its a polyclinic.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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24 January 2009
19:4313753sue,i am pushing 60 and full of artheritus getting on/off is not much of a problem at the moment.buckland hospital has a nice canteen oe used to,handy for tea and sandwiches if needed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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24 January 2009
20:2913757did anybody really think that we would ever have a full blown hospital?
susan is right when she says that we were never promised one.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 January 2009
21:5813765When is a Hospital not a Hospital?
"When it is in Dover"
Vic Matcham
