A year since the Hospital campaign began – the NHS is still bypassing Seaton Hospital
Twelve months ago (3rd November 2023) we held one of the biggest protest meetings ever in the Seaton area: 400 people gathered to oppose the demolition of a wing of Seaton Hospital.
The campaign continued into the New Year, and our Steering Committee, elected at the Colyford meeting, has been negotiating with NHS Devon and NHS Property Services ever since. They’ve had our business plan to take over the wing for over four months, but the election and the wait for the new government’s Budget has delayed a response.
Meanwhile the empty space is unused. Yet Devon NHS – which complained about the cost of it – is still paying for facilities elsewhere in Seaton to carry out vaccinations that were previously done in the Hospital. We saw the shambles with the vaccination van in the Tesco car park on 7th October, and now it emerges that they are booking space in Marshlands.
It is beyond time that the NHS and Property services got their act together and put services in Seaton and the future of the Hospital on a secure footing.
Seaton & Colyton MATTERS 
November 5, 2024 at 12:28 pm
Hello Martin,
It appears to me that the NHS are being deliberately obtuse. Why this debacle with regards vaccinations, when we have an excellent facility, namely the hospital?
Incidentally, I have been able to book a vaccination at the hospital on the 12th November. Why are they flip-flopping?
Aidan Winder, Axmouth.
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