My hope for Hexham is that it might share the resources available,
not be the sole or even major resource for the county. Where is the virtue
in having one desperately busy site and one running at below capacity? Two
running at best speed must be an improvement. Tynedale may have 60,000
inhabitants but the neighbouring areas need not be excluded from using
Hexham and could do so to their advantage and, for some services, already
do.
My fellow peasants and I who dwell in the west of the county look
with envy at the ostentatious wealth of Morpeth and are compelled to
continuously tug our forelocks when shuffling through its streets. For
decades there has been an inequity in the provision of money and other
resources between the two sides of the county. A situation that remains
unaddressed.
Rapid Response:
Re: hospital services in Hexham
Editor
I am grateful to Dr. Pledger for his reply.
My hope for Hexham is that it might share the resources available,
not be the sole or even major resource for the county. Where is the virtue
in having one desperately busy site and one running at below capacity? Two
running at best speed must be an improvement. Tynedale may have 60,000
inhabitants but the neighbouring areas need not be excluded from using
Hexham and could do so to their advantage and, for some services, already
do.
My fellow peasants and I who dwell in the west of the county look
with envy at the ostentatious wealth of Morpeth and are compelled to
continuously tug our forelocks when shuffling through its streets. For
decades there has been an inequity in the provision of money and other
resources between the two sides of the county. A situation that remains
unaddressed.
Steven Ford
Competing interests:
I work near Hexham
Competing interests: No competing interests