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MP calls on NHS to fund new health
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 Diss's Health Centre is running out of space |
South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon has asked the county’s health bosses to look again at a £2 million plan to redevelop Diss Health Centre, after Norfolk Primary Care Trust told GPs it could not provide funding.
Mr Bacon took action following a meeting on the future of the scheme
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The meeting was also attended by Diss councillors Brian Clark Taylor and Tony Palmer, as well as health centre manager Veronica Wright. The health centre, which currently houses two medical practices, is very short of space. Detailed planning consent for a redeveloped centre with minor surgery facilities and an out-of-hours base for paramedics has been granted, and the scheme was backed by the former Southern Norfolk Primary Care Trust. However, the new Norfolk Primary Care Trust, which replaced the Southern Norfolk body in October 2006, has refused to back the plans, claiming that no money is available for the project. Mr Bacon said: “I was most impressed by the doctors’ plans for Diss Health Centre. What they are proposing is common sense. The doctors have received planning permission for two different schemes and have spent a considerable amount of their own money on developing better facilities for the people of Diss, only to be let down each time at the final hurdle”. “Patients in Diss should not be kept waiting for improved healthcare facilities. I have asked Norfolk PCT to let me know when funding is likely to be available to redevelop Diss Health Centre”. 6 March 2007
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