Letter: Shropshire's hospital solution

This is why, in my opinion, we get decisions made like the very expensive building of the new Women and Children's unit at Telford when they knew that it must be accompanied by a fully functional Accident & Emergency department.

To close it and move to Shrewsbury is madness and just goes to show how much concern they have for our finances. No wonder we are in debt.

For many years there have been political differences between Shropshire and Telford and health tends to be used as a football. It is time that all these politicians grew up.

I have been a long time supporter for a new hospital for Shropshire based somewhere near the M54 extension, possibly Atcham, caring for the whole of the county with all facilities. If Shropshire had such a hospital there would be no need for trips to Stoke or Wolverhampton to get specialised treatment it could be got much cheaper and safer here.

So far the only local MP who has shown support for this is Telford's Lucy Allen, to her credit. Shropshire presently has a nap hand of Conservative MPs who could hold the balance of power with this current government so why don't they get their act together and join with Lucy to get us a new state-of-the-art hospital and solve all our problems.

For a kick-off we could get rid of half the administrators and that alone would give huge savings in salaries of non-medical staff.

The work to build such a hospital would employ many building workers and I am sure that the two current sites would be extremely valuable for other uses.

Together we can move mountains – so why don't we?

Adrian Williams, Bratton

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