Month: March 2025
Your daily dump – Salcombe Regis had 366 sewage discharges in a year
“Of the 10 most frequently used overflows, five were in Devon. Another was in neighbouring Cornwall, meaning six were in the region served by South West Water (SWW).” How Devon’s beaches and rivers became the centre of the sewage crisis Sewage was spilt in one village in Devon 366 times in 2024, as the county…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2025/03/29/devons-natural-beauty-is-being-destroyed-as-it-becomes-national-blackspot-for-sewage-spills/
Tory councillor who blocked attempt to save our Hospital stands down
Sara Randall-Johnson, Conservative chair of the Devon Health Scrutiny Committee for the last eight years, has given a farewell interview to the Midweek Herald in which she regrets that ‘more wasn’t done to improve health outcomes’ during her tenure. She puts NHS waiting lists down to the Covid lockdowns, forgetting that they had already ballooned due to her government’s cuts. In Seaton, she will always be remembered for making things worse – when Seaton Hospital’s beds were threatened in 2017, it was she who used her position as chair to block the referral of the proposal to the Secretary of State, sealing the fate of our campaign and laying the Hospital open to new threats like the one we’ve been fighting for the last 18 months.
https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/25034553.devon-efforts-improve-health-social-care-not-enough/
Covid vaccine for 75+ at Seaton Hospital
The NHS spring booster for the over 75s will be given at Seaton Hospital on Saturday 12 April. Book via the NHS app where there are other venues and dates too – or wait for the NHS to offer it to you. Covid is currently at a low ebb but there are new variants and it is still very much a serious threat to health.
Paul is our man in the County elections
In the County Council election on 1st May, Paul Arnott will be standing for the Liberal Democrats. Having represented Seaton & Colyton myself until 2021, I believe that he is best placed to speak up for the area. Paul has lived here for over a quarter of a century and has been involved in many local campaigns:
- He has fought to protect the Green Wedge for over a decade and played a key role in resolving the recent fiasco on the Planning Committee over the new application.
- He has campaigned hard for Seaton Hospital since the first threat to the beds in 2017, and recently ensured the EDDC made the Hospital a listed community asset, protecting it from demolition.
- As leader of EDDC, he brokered the deal for the Tramway to take over Seaton Jurassic.
I’ve known Paul for a decade and it is difficult to think of a more conscientious person we could have as our councillor. Both Conservative and Reform parties have announced candidates – but neither of them even lives in the area, and if either of them won we would be essentially unrepresented.
If you’d like help Paul leaflet or put up a placard, email paularnott@aol.com, phone 07850 038722, or contact me.
Seaton Hospital’s plight featured in The Guardian
As the steering committee elected in November 2023 still waits for a response to its proposals for the use of the threatened wing of Seaton Hospital – submitted to NHS Property Services and the Integrated Care Board in June 2024 – I’ve written a letter which is published in tomorrow’s Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/18/the-human-cost-of-yet-another-nhs-reorganisation
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