Local campaigners are celebrating the news that North Walsham Cottage Hospital is getting a new £3.5 million, 24 bed unit. Developments are also underway at Cromer and Wells hospitals.
Last year Lib Dem councillors and Norman Lamb, MP, organised meetings, with health chiefs, representatives of the county council and local GPs to press for progress on the North Walsham project. Virginia Gay, Lib Dem Leader of North Norfolk District Council said: “This is wonderful news for so many people in North Norfolk.”
Rebecca House at North Walsham Hospital is also being refurbished and will provide room for clinics. Integrated care teams are being setup to provide care particularly for frail and older people. The NHS and County Council social services will also work closely with staff at Rebecca House.
Lib Dem councillor Ann Moore said: ‘This is a positive development. I have long supported the case for health and care workers to work together in integrated teams” Norman Lamb added. “I was frustrated at how long the whole project was taking but our meetings last year helped get things moving and I applaud the staff who have worked hard to make all this happen.”
Cromer Hospital
News of the developments in North Walsham comes on top of long awaited progress at Cromer. Work is under way to develop a new hospital. The dialysis unit has now been moved into its new home. In February, Norman Lamb opened the new MRI scanner unit.
Cromer campaigners John Frosdick and Andy Yiasimi are pleased that things are now happening. “Local people have been campaigning for this for years”, said John Frosdick. “We may not have got all that we wanted but it is very positive that Cromer will get these new facilities. We have a lot to thank Sagle Bernstein for. Without her legacy, many believe that the hospital would have closed years ago”.
Wells Hospital
Meanwhile Wells Hospital has developed a brilliant holiday dialysis unit which enables those on dialysis to come on holiday to North Norfolk and still get their treatment. Norman Lamb has taken up concerns over the amount which the NHS will pay for this treatment with the Secretary of State for Health.
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