Whitehill & Bordon NEED’S emergency services NOW!!!!

As a parent, who has lived in Whitehill for 7 years, I find it disgusting that if my young family need medical attention we would need to travel up to an hour to the nearest A&E.

With all the houses being built in the area and the growing population, there should be a 24-hour A&E Hospital for the residents of Whitehill, Bordon, Lindford, Headley and the surrounding rural villages. Currently, the nearest A&E is either Guildford or Basingstoke, both of which are up to an hour away by road and given the increasing population, those existing A&E's will not be able to cope with the influx of people using the NHS services.

Recently my wife visited Chase Hospital for a routine midwife appointment where unfortunately the baby's heartbeat could not be heard. In a distressed state, my wife had to travel to Basingstoke Hospital for an emergency ultrasound. Thankfully the baby was fine however the panic, worries and stress could have been easily eliminated if Chase Hospital had an ultrasound machine and qualified professionals on site.

A minor injuries unit is currently available for limited hours in Petersfield and these services are valuable to the community and should also be installed at Chase Hospital in Bordon.

Whilst serious emergency and specialist care would obviously remain at Basingstoke and Guildford, the availability of midwifery and minor injuries is needed in a developing town of our size. The lack of medical services in the area is simply unacceptable!!!

Chase Hospital is an ideal location that is clearly underutilised. I truly believe that with the Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Program, this should have been one of the services improved and added to as a necessity to accommodate the increased demand.

Please help us get the availability of emergency services in Whitehill and Bordon for the sake of our children and the residents in the area.

Thank You.
James Brand

Update #15 years ago
Update!!

Firstly thank you to everyone who has supported this already. I’m overwhelmed with the response and comments.

I will be taking this petition and comments to the council meeting on the 11th June and will state that we need services in our area not only Healthcare but a Police station as well.

But we still need your help, please can you ask all friends and family to sign this as the more Signatures we can get the move impact it will have.

Thank you for your support

James Brand
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