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Lorranie has tried to log in but for some reason can't. Paul will have a go at sorting it. In the meantime she has asked me to post this:-
First, in answer to Keith Sansum, there are three elected Governors of the EKHUFT for the DDC area, one from Dover (myself until resignation), one from Deal and one from the villages. At the meetings only the one from Deal attended and she was on the side of the EKHUFT (a retired employee).
At the meeting of Friday 24 April there was a lady who purported to be a Councillor (I think she was a Counsellor although she implied the first). I was not close enough to see her name plate and she did not give her name. However, she said that she represented to Dover as an 'appointed Governor' and that as far as she was aware the hospital issue was not emotive. Further, that the people of Dover had made it clear that they were happy with the proposals following the 2006 public hearings and the proposed facilities! Sorry Keith, but there was no one, except myself, who stuck up for Dover.
ii. With regards to splits and Mr Hansell. Mr Hansell, prior to 9 May KCC-HOSC hearing, stated that he supported the case I had put together and was arguing for a Community Hospital for the town. On that day he asked, as the Councillor for Eythorne, to put forward the case for outlying villages - which was agreed (halving the time I had been allotted). Instead of putting forward a case, Mr Hansell read out three unsolicited letters one of which, purporting to come from Mr Prosser, contradicted the written statement Mr Prosser had submitted. A second letter, purporting to come from Mr Elphicke, supported my stance.
Following that hearing, which I won, Mr Hansell announced that he wanted more (I have his e-mail informing me of this), ... a full General Hospital. This, I was well aware we would not get, even if approved, for at least twenty years (it does take that long to get the buildings, facilities and calibre of staff etc. needed).The Community Hospital, with in-patient beds, supplying 90% of our needs was 5 years and would get full Government approval, backing and grant.
The media ignored what I had won, preferring to give Mr Hansell maximum publicity. Mr Elphicke promptly joined Mr Hansell while Mr Prosser was noticeably quiet.
At the end of May 2008 the DDC Scrutiny Committee (both parties), came to the same conclusion as that I had and won at the KCC-HOSC. Unfortunately the local media had, by that time, made an icon out of Mr Hansell and he led a march through the town in his support. This sent a plain message to both the PCT and the then EKHUT that there was dissention in Dover. Therefore, when what had been won on 9 May was again confirmed at the KCC-HOSC of 5 September, both Trusts could smile and not comply - our case, mine and DDC's - had been pulled from underneath us by Mr Hansell and his supporters in the media.
Thus, as the Dover Councillor at the meeting 24 April 2009 stated ... the matter is not emotive as the Dover 2006 Dover Project with a basic health facility in the centre of town (Health Centre / Electricity sub station site) has been met with full approval the people of Dover.
Lorraine Sencicle