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  No Howard. What we are getting is a slight return of some of the services that we used to have at Buckland, relocated with some updates, but still less than we once had. The new clinic we are getting will bring with it traffic problems, accessability problems for those not in Dover and the usual total disregard for the opinions of the people of Dover and its surrounding district. We are being fobbed off with their much touted 'central Dover location' and will still have to be shipped to Ashford (fast outgrowing its own catchment area) or Margate for treatment. This was never just about Dover but about the needs of all those who live, work and pass through this corner of Kent. Whitfield is a more desirable sight not only because of its potential for expansion (remembering all the new housing government policy seeks to crowbar into the area) but also for its accessability to the whole district. It is also about caring for patients who will be cut off from family and friends when they need them most, while undergoing hospital treatment, because even by car Ashford or Margate will take a lot of time to visit (by public transport both become a days excersion just to visit for a couple of hours). The present arrangement just means everyone suffers and this proposal will only entrench that arrangement, with little hope for change because of where they want to put it. As for the town itself we will now have less hope of getting better social facilities with a large site so close to the town centre being taken up with the new clinic, or half way stop between the doctors and a hospital somewhere else.

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