A Letter published in today's Leader - re Health Centre

Dear Leader

A letter for consideration

Hope community are rightly concerned with regards the preferred placement of the new Hope Health Centre. Cllr Cliff Shone says the village cannot affordd to loose such valuable playing area.

Penyffordd district is a large community of over 3000 people with Flintshire UDP requirements for a further 1000 people.

We have the necessary space for a medical centre earmarked for development under the Flintshire UDP.

I'm sure Penyffordd residents whose medical provision currently stretches to advice from the local pharmacy will greatly welcome the construction of a state of the art health centre within the village. Penyffordd district residents have every right to ask why we are being so poorly

catered for by the Flintshire Local Health Board.

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd

postscript: The questions need to be asked why we have few medical facilities, why the village is like a race track, why we have few facilities for youths as compared with other villages. Part of the answer lies in previous county councillors taking their eye off the Penyffordd ball whilst running the county. Also lack of spending on the community through keeping community charges too low.

Also what damage has been done by Cllr Tom Jones making sure that any keen residents wanting to stand for community council get Tom's block vote against them. The same actions applied for potential county councillors?