Originally Posted by
Jackonicko
The old military hospital at Halton is still sitting idle and empty. It may be impossible to return to the full network of military hospitals, but it should not be impossible to fairly rapidly return one to use.
When not required for op casualties, it could and would accomodate dependants and civilians, as it always used to. (My dear old mum passed away in Halton, and while advanced cancer is never going to be a bowl of cherries, the PMRAFNS staff and RAF medics certainly provided the best possible environment, care and treatment for her, giving her useful and happy extra months, and then treating her with kindness and respect, allowing her to fight and die with dignity).
Haslar is about to be closed, and no doubt sold off as some ongoing housing deal. It has an MRI scanner, operating theatres and wards, a physio department - it is a fully functioning hospital which has been destroyed by successive governments. It has a hyperbaric chamber, it can be reached by land, air and sea. It was a training hospital.
The RN doesn't want it to close, nor, as far as I am aware, do the other Services. Why can't the ******** in central Government see this and actually do what's right for a change?