A press release of 30 November press claims this regeneration of the old Cottage Hospital, and one time specialist stroke unit, is aimed at providing a population of 50,000 with:
“Bringing health, social care and well-being services together, as they will be at the Budleigh Hub, is a vision of the future and what can be achieved through partnership and focusing on the needs of the local community.
It will be a centre for a wide range of services in one place and it will provide a range of social and clinical services with the focus on prevention, rehabilitation and wellbeing.
Services will include NHS outpatient clinics, day centre, gym, café alongside health and wellbeing services such as diabetes and weight management support, dementia support, exercise classes, carers support, family groups, arts and craft and music. …”
Owl thinks that how you view this might depend on whether you interpret the provision of “spinning and other classes” alongside “jigsaws, knitting and crafts” as meaning something to do with spinning yarn, spinning words or exercise bicycles.
Whichever is correct it doesn’t seem directed at relieving the acute problem of bed blocking.
East Devon Watch 